Research Design Meeting Regulatory Impact Assessment In Indian Electricity Generation Sector
June 27, 2014, New Delhi

CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation (CUTS CCIER) in collaboration with ADB, Indian Resident Mission is organising a Research Design Meeting towards project on “Regulatory Impact Assessment in Indian Electricity Generation Sector”.

The accelerated pace of the country’s development is impeded substantially through the regulatory and legislative framework that not only causes delay in the implementation of projects but also adds to the cost of the infrastructure projects, which is the essence of enhancement of urbanisation and development of economy. Power is one of the most significant concerns of the government which has witnessed an increase in participation of the private players in generation, and in future such participation must increase further, if the India wishes to achieve the mission of ‘Electricity for all’.  More...

NRG-II Meeting Zambia
Lusaka (Zambia), June 27, 2014

The NRG-II meeting for Zambia would take place in June, 2014 in Lusaka, Zambia. The meeting would be organised jointly with the country partner CUTS International Lusaka.

The findings of the Diagnostic Country Report (DCR) – the output of Phase I (Diagnostic Phase) would be presented in this meeting. The idea is to share these findings with the NRG members and get their inputs on the same.

The outline of the ‘Framework for Competition Reforms’ (FCR) would also be presented in this meeting. This outline has been developed from the understanding and evidence gathered during the preparation of the DCR. This marks the beginning of Phase II (Validation Phase) of the project.  More...