CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency/ Economy) Norms in India Anjali Gandhi CAFE standards represent a crucial regulatory tool employed by governments globally. They compel automotive manufacturers not just to produce some efficient vehicles but to ensure that the average fuel efficiency across their entire fleet of newly manufactured and sold vehicles meets a progressively stringent […]
Critical Minerals and Strategic Sovereignty: Need for a Mineral-wise Strategy for India Siddhant Chandra and Larina Mahajan According to the Ministry of Mines , “critical minerals” are defined as those minerals which are essential for economic development and national security, the lack of availability of these minerals or even concentration of existence, extraction or processing […]
Redefining State-Owned Enterprises in the Era of Energy Transition Sandeep Pai, Chinmayi Shalya, Rishi Kishore, Ishita Kapoor, Sankalp Arpit About the Event To achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius, State-Owned Enterprises (SoEs) must play a central role in rapidly decarbonizing the energy sector. SoEs, which control […]
Just Transition and Economic Diversification of Jharkhand’s Coal Heartland: Ground-up Studies from Ramgarh and Bokaro Kishore, Pai, Pande, Kanjilal, Singh, Singh, & Ram | 2025 [Click to read the full report] About the report As the world is moving towards a net zero future, a prerequisite for meeting the 1.5-degree climate target, coal phase-down […]
Methane Emissions in India’s Energy Sector: Current Landscape and Future Prospects Vidyapati Bajpai, Joey James, Sandeep Pai | 2025 [Click to read the full report] About the report Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, with a warming potential over 80 times that of carbon dioxide over a two-decade period. Reducing methane […]
The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024 Aaratrica Kashyap and Shefali Sharan | December 2024 [Click to read the full report] Executive Summary Historically when Railways was introduced to India under the Colonial rule, it was governed as a part of the Public Works Department (PWD) In 1890, for the first time, the Indian Railways Act came […]
The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 Siddhant Chandra and Souhard Sharam | December 2024 [Click to read the full report] Executive Summary India’s disaster management framework evolved from the colonial-era Famine Codes and relief-centric approaches, where states held primary responsibility with minimal central intervention. The 1990s marked a pivotal shift during the UN’s International Decade […]
The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024 Bhavayta Mahajan and Larina Mahajan | December 2024 [Click to read the full report] Executive Summary The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024 was approved by the Union Cabinet. The Bill aims to simplify and modernize regulations in India’s coastal shipping sector. This Bill aims to enable the statutory imposition of specific […]
The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2024 Souhard Sharma and Larina Mahajan | December 2024 [Click to read the full report] Executive Summary The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2024, represents a significant legislative initiative to modernize India’s maritime regulatory framework. This legislation aims to supersede two existing statutes: the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (Act No. 44 of 1958) […]
The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024 Priyanka Lohia and Bhavayta Mahajan | December 2024 [Click to read the full report] Executive Summary The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024, was introduced in Lok Sabha on 9th August, 2024. It aims to replace the Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925 which […]