India’s appetite for energy is unlikely to be curbed soon

Professor Sumit Ganguly, Professor of Political Science and Director of the India Studies Program Indiana University, Bloomington, made this speech as an expert witness at a Senate panel hearing convened by Senator Richard Lugar on the energy needs of India and China and its implications for the US. He was recently named head of the CIA’s South Asia arm.

..India’s success in securing supplies of oil and natural gas, as well as in expanding the role of hydroelectric power and nuclear energy, will all be undermined if the electricity sector remains in a shambles.

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