I have been writing this column for over three years. My year-end columns in the past have considered reforming cooking fuel subsidies, developing within a shrinking carbon space, a national clean air mission, making pollution control boards more effective, and expanding distributed power generation, for households and agricultural activities. Today, I turn the mirror inwards and ask: What is the role of a public policy research institution?
In a democracy the legislature, the executive and the judiciary are guided by the Constitution, and keep a check on one another. A free press informs the public and holds the state accountable. The
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