TERI in association with IISD conducts a Civil Society workshop on 'Reforming Energy Subsidies in India'

In an effort to improve public awareness on the options and impacts of energy subsidy reforms in India, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in collaboration with the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) convened a one-day workshop for the civil society to assess government's strategies for reforming fuel subsidies. NGOs, corporates, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) took active participation in the workshop. The workshop connected CSOs who have worked on the issue of fuel subsidies, provided a forum to share information on the nature, scale and impacts of fuel subsidies; highlighted core concerns related to fuel subsidies and options for their reform; and identified strategies for supporting fuel-subsidy reform.