Brookings India Report

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  The Challenge of Decarbonizing Heavy Industry 

  Gross, Samantha (Brookings India, 2021-06-30)

  Industrial raw materials are key to our modern life. They are the building blocks of many products we use constantly, from buildings and infrastructure to ubiquitous plastic goods. Continuing economic growth, especially in the developing world, will only increase demand for these goods. Since 1971, global demand for steel has increased by a factor of three, cement by nearly seven, and plastics by ...

  Industrial raw materials are key to our modern life. They are the building blocks of many products we use constantly, from buildings and infrastructure to ubiquitous plastic goods. Continuing economic growth, especially in the developing world, will ...
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  Advancing Multilateralism in a Populist Age 

  Wright, Thomas (Brookings India, 2021-02-15)

  This paper looks at how multilateralists in the United States and Europe are thinking about strengthening a cooperative international order at a time when populism and nationalism are strong forces in many of the major powers. The paper distinguishes between three pathways that multilateralism might take, particularly in Europe: the hitherto dominant incrementalist approach which involves trying to ...

  This paper looks at how multilateralists in the United States and Europe are thinking about strengthening a cooperative international order at a time when populism and nationalism are strong forces in many of the major powers. The paper distinguishes ...
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  Skewed critical minerals global supply chains post COVID-19: Reforms for making India self-reliant 

  Chadha, Rajesh (Brookings India, 2020-06-05)

  The IEA Report (2020) provides a description of key challenges around global supply of select critical minerals. A justified tightening of labour and environment standards in Congo might impact cobalt production and downstream supply chains. In the case of nickel, there has been a track record of delays and cost overruns in new mines. Indonesia, the largest producer of nickel, has banned its exports. ...

  The IEA Report (2020) provides a description of key challenges around global supply of select critical minerals. A justified tightening of labour and environment standards in Congo might impact cobalt production and downstream supply chains. In the ...
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  DisComs post-COVID-19: Untangling the historical challenges, short-term needs, and long-term ambitions 

  Tongia, Rahul (Brookings India, 2020-06-05)

  Electricity distribution companies (“DisComs”) are the linchpin of the electricity chain, but they have also been called the weakest link. Created starting in the late 1990s as part of electricity reforms, these were a part of the unbundling of the erstwhile State Electricity Boards (SEBs), which were the vertically integrated utilities. Most DisComs remain 100% owned by the state governments, but ...

  Electricity distribution companies (“DisComs”) are the linchpin of the electricity chain, but they have also been called the weakest link. Created starting in the late 1990s as part of electricity reforms, these were a part of the unbundling of the ...

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