E A S Sarma

E A S Sarma: Constructive lessons from a destructive cyclone

The damage caused by Cyclone Hudhud in Visakhapatnam underlines the need for the government to follow some basic disaster management and environmental rules

E A S Sarma: How sustainable is coal mining in India?

Aside from the Coal India-Greenpeace controversy, the answer lies in geology and the value we assign to ecology

The Kid syndrome in power pricing

The government is trying to redress a shortage it created in domestic coal production by allowing private utilities to pass through the higher cost of imported coal to electricity consumers

The KG basin price hike socialises costs and privatises profits

Why the Rangarajan Committee's complex pricing formula will inflict heavy burdens on the power and fertiliser sectors and give a private gas producer windfall profits

E A S Sarma: FRBM on test