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Why a clearer ‘green industrial policy’ matters for India: Reconciling growth, climate change and inequality

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  • Deepak Gopinath

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To ensure a healthy growth of the economy particularly in the manufacturing sector, the Indian Government is more than ever focussed on promoting the use of sustainable and affordable energy resources. Recent initiatives such as the Solar Cities Development Programme are a good example. However, in order for these initiatives to gain legitimacy as part of a new ‘green industrial policy’, the Indian Government needs to do more, especially by bringing on board strategies for combating poverty within the gamut of this emerging ‘green industrial policy’ as well as to re-think India’s position on global conventions on climate change.

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  • Deepak Gopinath, 2016. "Why a clearer ‘green industrial policy’ matters for India: Reconciling growth, climate change and inequality," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 31(8), pages 830-835, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:31:y:2016:i:8:p:830-835
    DOI: 10.1177/0269094216675434
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