Transforming “Inspector Raj” to Modernize India’s Energy System
March 25, 2022
India faces dual challenges of providing enough energy to lift millions of its citizens from poverty while reducing its sizable emissions of greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, an AP report says. In Issues, Kartikeya Singh writes that one useful step would be for India to transform its “inspector raj,” the entrenched network of regulatory bureaucracies left from colonial times. Importantly, he writes, India should merge its numerous energy ministries into a single ministry devoted to leading a full transition to a cleaner and sustainable energy system that can support new jobs and other opportunities for its citizens.