Council on Energy, Environment and Water | Environment, Climate and Energy Think Tank in India

Dialogue I On Air: Pathways to Achieving India’s Ambient Air Quality Standards I 29 March 2019
Workshop I Role of Government Support and Market-Based Financing in India's Clean Energy Transition I 27 March 2019
Acting on Many Fronts: Incentives and Regulations to Phase-down HFCs in India
Only 39 per cent of Uttar Pradesh’s households are metered, billed, and pay their electricity dues – CEEW study

Film I India's HFC Phase-down: A Call for Action

Through the medium of film, we provide insights on challenges in creating an ecosystem for a successful refrigeration transition, top regulatory options that India could adopt, and how policy certainty could lead to gains for domestic priorities such as Make in India, Skill India Mission, Energy Efficiency Mission, and Doubling of Farmers’ Incomes.

Film I India's HFC Phase-down: A Call for Action

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Zero Budget Natural Farming for the Sustainable Development Goals

This issue brief maps the social, economic and environmental impacts of the Government of Andhra Pradesh’s (GoAP) Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) programme vis-à-vis specific targets under each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).

Zero Budget Natural Farming for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Key findings on electricity access

ACCESS 2018 found that the median hours of daily supply in the six states combined has increased from 12 to 16 hours over the last three years. We present key findings from ACCESS 2018, India's largest multidimensional energy access survey conducted across six of the major energy-access deprived states - Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. The study covered more than 9,000 households from 756 villages in 54 districts collecting about 5 million data points.

Key findings on electricity access

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Inviting Proposals to develop the Critical Mineral Resource Index Web-Tool

We are looking for a web development agency to develop a dynamic, data-intensive, user-interactive web-tool for us. Reach out to us!

Inviting Proposals to develop the Critical Mineral Resource Index Web-Tool

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The Year at CEEW

We look back upon what has been a very special year for us at CEEW and share with you a round-up of our research, engagements, and achievements.

The Year at CEEW

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Beyond Connections # 1

India is on the verge of 100 per cent household electrification and more than 85 per cent of Indian households now have LPG connections. In this first edition of Beyond Connections, our Energy Access newsletter, we highlight four areas for intensified action in 2019.

Beyond Connections # 1

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Featured Research

Electricity Consumers and Compliance: Trust, Reciprocity, and Socio-economic Factors in Uttar Pradesh

Karthik Ganesan, Kapardhi Bharadwaj, Kanika Balani

In an attempt to improve the discom-consumer relationship, the report looks at the commercial losses attributed to domestic consumers, captures the consumer perspective and proposes a policy roadmap for sustaining reliable electricity supply in the state. This study is based on our survey, conducted in collaboration with the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) in the summer of 2018, covering 1,800 households in 90 villages (rural) and 90 wards (urban) in UP.
Access to Clean Cooking Energy and Electricity: Survey of States 2018

Abhishek Jain, Saurabh Tripathi, Sunil Mani, Sasmita Patnaik, Tauseef Shahidi, Karthik Ganesan

The Access to Clean Cooking Energy and Electricity – Survey of States (ACCESS) is India’s largest multidimensional survey on energy access. The largest panel-data on energy access in India, the survey is conducted across six of the major energy-access-deprived states in the country – Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
Factors Influencing the Uptake of Energy Efficiency Initiatives by Indian MSMEs

Tirtha Biswas, Sachin Sharma, Karthik Ganesan

Our study based on a primary survey of 429 enterprises across 11 clusters in eight states, identifies barriers to the adoption of energy efficiency by enterprises and implementation gaps in the government’s existing efforts. The study also includes a roadmap to improve the overall state of energy efficiency in the sector.