Energy security has been an important global policy issue for more than 4 decades. Transport biofuels like bioethanol have been receiving increased attention in recent years as a solution to heavy dependence on imported petroleum fuels, which brings destabilizing price effects on the economy and...

This paper examines the impact of wildlife tourism on the livelihoods of local population around the Ranthambhore National Park in India which is popular for tiger sighting. A detailed household questionnaire elicited information on demographic details, income sources and consumption expenditure...

In developing countries in Asia and Africa average size of landholdings are generally less than 2 hectares compared to about 300-400 hectare in developed countries. Small landholding farmers are facing different constraints due to their small size of cultivatable lands. The problems are ranging...

Using the most comprehensive developing country dataset ever compiled on air and water pollution and environmental regulations, the paper assesses India’s environmental regulations with a difference-in-differences design. The air pollution regulations are associated with substantial...

It is critical that technology recipients have the prerequisite knowledge and scientific base to best exploit the information. This includes domestic private and public research laboratories and universities, in addition to a sound basis of technical skills and human capital. Each of these may...

In this paper, we analyse how India’s climate change policy is framed, formulated and implemented and argue that it requires carefully balancing of domestic and international interests. Given the country’s population size, composition and projected economic growth, India will, in the next...

For several decades widespread concern has surfaced over the increase in disruptive anthropogenic processes and their role in radically altering the environment and ecosystems. With the advent of the Kyoto Protocol the world witnessed a dramatic intensification of interest in Climate Change...

There is almost a broad consensus that electric vehicles coupled with renewable energy are greener and sustainable mode of transportation for India. However India needs to tread carefully. There is need to put infrastructures like battery charging stations and batteries management facilities in...

Export restrictions have been widely used by many countries in recent pasts to protect their domestic industries. In this paper, we estimated the short-run and long-run elasticity of the shrimps and tuna exports using the techniques of co-integration and error correction. We have also checked...