Regulatory performance in India: achievements, constraints, and future action
- Author(s): S K Sarkar
- Size: 180 mm × 240 mm
- Pages: 294
- Binding: Paperback
- Weight: 570 gms
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9788179931295
- Cover Price:
Rs.300.00 / US $20.00
- Special Price: Rs. 270.00 / US $18.00
Book Details
India has had several years of experience with regulatory
reforms and establishment and functioning of independent
regulatory bodies, especially in the infrastructure sector. An
institutional innovation of this nature requires regular appraisal
and assessment to evaluate its effectiveness. This was precisely
the objective of the two-day conference organized by TERI in
2006 on 'Regulatory performance in India: achievements,
constraints, and future action'. Amongst the infrastructure
sectors, focus was on power, oil and gas, telecom, water, and
transport sector. The event sought to evaluate the working of
regulatory commissions/government ministries on their
effectiveness in ushering competition, encouraging private
participation, rationalizing and re-balancing tariffs, and involving
consumers in the regulatory process. There were deliberations
on the need and kind of techniques suitable for evaluating the
impact of regulations in India.
This volume contains the proceedings of the six plenary
sessions of the conference. It covers in detail the background
papers, presentations, and subsequent discussions held after
each session. The deliberations not only covered the Indian
regulatory experience but also highlighted learning from
developed/transition economies and, therefore, hold relevance
for readers in other countries, especially those in the South Asian
region. This volume serves as a reference on the regulatory
achievements and constraints and provides some thoughts on
the future course of reforms in the infrastructure sector.
Table of Contents
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• Creating a competitive environment
• Enabling private participation in infrastructure Services
• Mechanisms for addressing USO
• Best practices and innovation in tariff regulation
• Facilitating consumer involvement in the regulatory process
• Consumer involvement in the regulatory process: power sector
• Consumer involvement in the regulatory process: a case study of KERC
• Facilitating consumer involvement in the regulatory process in the telecom sector
• Session summary
• Panel discussion: Approaches for assessing regulatory impact
• Background paper
• Need for regulatory impact assessment
• Understanding the process behind reform and regulation in India
• Session summary
• Concluding session
• Concluding comments
• List of Speakers