Praveen Ravi

Praveen Ravi is the principal consultant in technical solutions at the Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States.

Praveen Ravi

Electricity: Overhauling tariff policy for a renewables-driven future

Unless tariff policy is revamped, India's discoms will be more obstacles than catalysts in the transition to a renewables-driven electrostate

Updated On: 07 Apr 2026 | 10:25 PM IST

The good and simple tax? All eyes on GST Council's two high-rate slabs

This article visually summarises, in two tables, how not-simple the GST is, which leads to serious but under-recognised problems of arbitrary and coercive implementation

Updated On: 02 Sep 2025 | 10:15 PM IST

The stealth reform of India's electricity sector gains quiet traction

To ease utility opposition and win approval, renewables are framed as captive generation-meant to meet the developer's own energy needs

Updated On: 08 Aug 2025 | 12:22 AM IST