About this episode

The episode discusses the reasons behind India's unreliable electricity supply and potential solutions.

Power cuts have become so routine that we've stopped noticing them. But this normalisation of unreliability has a cost — and it's a cost that shows up not on your electricity bill, but in your diesel expenses, your inverter battery, and your lost productive hours. But why is our electricity so unreliable? In this episode of All Things Policy, Anwesha Sen speaks to Sarthak Pradhan, Assistant Professor at the Takshashila Institution, about the reasons for this unreliability and what it would take to fix it. Sarthak has recently written about this in The Print as well, do check it out! - https://theprint.in/opinion/power-distribution-indias-energy-vulnerability-discoms/2910774/ Are you passionate about shaping India's future? Keen to find solutions for India's most pressing challenges? Look no further than Takshashila's Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy. This 48-weekend programme will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and network needed to pivot to a meaningful career in public policy. Apply at school.takshashila.org.in/pgp by June 1st . The programme begins by June 20th . Hope to see you there! All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the…

People in this episode

Host: Anwesha Sen

Guest: Sarthak Pradhan

Topics covered

• electricity reliability
• DISCOMs
• public policy
• energy vulnerability
• power distribution

Keywords

• DISCOMs
• electricity
• power cuts
• public policy
• energy

Sponsors

Takshashila Institution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Takshashila Institution, The Print

Places: India

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