India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor

Of all developing countries India has the largest number of poor, as measured by income, health, opportunities and access to basic needs. The national and state governments have carried out a number of initiatives affecting the poor. Of those initi...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	POWER SECTOR POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR & GOVERNMENT POLICY POWER SECTOR REFORM SUBSIDIES PARTICIPATORY OPERATIONS HOUSEHOLD ENERGY POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BANKRUPTCY BLACKOUTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COLLUSION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMPTION LEVELS COST OF ENERGY CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DRINKING WATER DRY CELL DRY CELL BATTERIES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY ACCESS ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY REFORM ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFF ELECTRICITY USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FUEL GDP GENERATORS GNP GRID APPLICATIONS GRID SERVICES INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY KEROSENE LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW- INCOME AREAS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARGINAL COST MONOPOLIES MUNICIPALITIES OPPORTUNITY COST PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH ELECTRICITY PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY POWER GENERATION POWER OUTAGES POWER PURCHASE POWER SECTOR REFORMS POWER UTILITIES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES PUMPING PUMPS QUALITY OF POWER SUPPLY QUOTAS REFORM PROGRAMS RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS ROADS RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATIONS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION TOTAL COSTS UTILITY EMPLOYEES VALUE ADDED VOLTAGE WATER SUPPLY WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2368297/india-power-sector-reform-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15286

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spelling	okr-10986-152862021-04-23T14:03:15Z India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor World Bank POWER SECTOR POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR & GOVERNMENT POLICY POWER SECTOR REFORM SUBSIDIES PARTICIPATORY OPERATIONS HOUSEHOLD ENERGY POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BANKRUPTCY BLACKOUTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COLLUSION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMPTION LEVELS COST OF ENERGY CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DRINKING WATER DRY CELL DRY CELL BATTERIES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY ACCESS ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY REFORM ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFF ELECTRICITY USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FUEL GDP GENERATORS GNP GRID APPLICATIONS GRID SERVICES INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY KEROSENE LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW- INCOME AREAS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARGINAL COST MONOPOLIES MUNICIPALITIES OPPORTUNITY COST PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH ELECTRICITY PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY POWER GENERATION POWER OUTAGES POWER PURCHASE POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SECTOR REFORMS POWER UTILITIES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES PUMPING PUMPS QUALITY OF POWER SUPPLY QUOTAS REFORM PROGRAMS RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS ROADS RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATIONS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION TOTAL COSTS UTILITY EMPLOYEES VALUE ADDED VOLTAGE WATER SUPPLY WEALTH Of all developing countries India has the largest number of poor, as measured by income, health, opportunities and access to basic needs. The national and state governments have carried out a number of initiatives affecting the poor. Of those initiatives, this report focuses on power sector reform efforts, carried out by some Indian states in the mid-1990s. It also aims to answer these questions: What are the main challenges that power reform faces in reducing poverty in India? What are the main obstacles and main opportunities? Are the large subsidies to the power sector reaching the poor? How are the poor affected by the present conditions of power supply and what changes will benefit them most?. In seeking answers to these questions, the report draws on relevant data and studies in India, as well as evidence from the literature and international experience with power sector reform. In view of an ongoing World Bank study on rural electrification that analyzes access issues, and the fact that tariff rebalancing is a major issue, this report focuses on the impact of electricity prices, quality of power supply, access issues, and subsidies to the poor. 2013-08-21T21:47:38Z 2013-08-21T21:47:38Z 2002-10-27 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2368297/india-power-sector-reform-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15286 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC South Asia India
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topic	POWER SECTOR POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR & GOVERNMENT POLICY POWER SECTOR REFORM SUBSIDIES PARTICIPATORY OPERATIONS HOUSEHOLD ENERGY POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BANKRUPTCY BLACKOUTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COLLUSION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMPTION LEVELS COST OF ENERGY CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DRINKING WATER DRY CELL DRY CELL BATTERIES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY ACCESS ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY REFORM ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFF ELECTRICITY USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FUEL GDP GENERATORS GNP GRID APPLICATIONS GRID SERVICES INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY KEROSENE LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW- INCOME AREAS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARGINAL COST MONOPOLIES MUNICIPALITIES OPPORTUNITY COST PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH ELECTRICITY PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY POWER GENERATION POWER OUTAGES POWER PURCHASE POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SECTOR REFORMS POWER UTILITIES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES PUMPING PUMPS QUALITY OF POWER SUPPLY QUOTAS REFORM PROGRAMS RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS ROADS RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATIONS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION TOTAL COSTS UTILITY EMPLOYEES VALUE ADDED VOLTAGE WATER SUPPLY WEALTH
spellingShingle	POWER SECTOR POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR & GOVERNMENT POLICY POWER SECTOR REFORM SUBSIDIES PARTICIPATORY OPERATIONS HOUSEHOLD ENERGY POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BANKRUPTCY BLACKOUTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COLLUSION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMPTION LEVELS COST OF ENERGY CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DRINKING WATER DRY CELL DRY CELL BATTERIES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY ACCESS ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY REFORM ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFF ELECTRICITY USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FUEL GDP GENERATORS GNP GRID APPLICATIONS GRID SERVICES INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY KEROSENE LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW- INCOME AREAS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARGINAL COST MONOPOLIES MUNICIPALITIES OPPORTUNITY COST PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH ELECTRICITY PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY POWER GENERATION POWER OUTAGES POWER PURCHASE POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SECTOR REFORMS POWER UTILITIES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES PUMPING PUMPS QUALITY OF POWER SUPPLY QUOTAS REFORM PROGRAMS RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS ROADS RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATIONS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION TOTAL COSTS UTILITY EMPLOYEES VALUE ADDED VOLTAGE WATER SUPPLY WEALTH World Bank India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor
geographic_facet	South Asia India
description	Of all developing countries India has the largest number of poor, as measured by income, health, opportunities and access to basic needs. The national and state governments have carried out a number of initiatives affecting the poor. Of those initiatives, this report focuses on power sector reform efforts, carried out by some Indian states in the mid-1990s. It also aims to answer these questions: What are the main challenges that power reform faces in reducing poverty in India? What are the main obstacles and main opportunities? Are the large subsidies to the power sector reaching the poor? How are the poor affected by the present conditions of power supply and what changes will benefit them most?. In seeking answers to these questions, the report draws on relevant data and studies in India, as well as evidence from the literature and international experience with power sector reform. In view of an ongoing World Bank study on rural electrification that analyzes access issues, and the fact that tariff rebalancing is a major issue, this report focuses on the impact of electricity prices, quality of power supply, access issues, and subsidies to the poor.
author	World Bank
author_facet	World Bank
author_sort	World Bank
title	India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor
title_short	India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor
title_full	India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor
title_fullStr	India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor
title_full_unstemmed	India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor
title_sort	india : power sector reform and the poor
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2368297/india-power-sector-reform-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15286
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India : Power Sector Reform and the Poor

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