Specifications
- Language:ENGLISH
- Format: PAPERBACK
- Pages: 430 pages
- ISBN-13: 9789365472943
- Item Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.5 x 1.3 cm
- Genre: Politics
Description
Since the invention of the steam engine, energy sources have been central to economic activity. Mobility and manufacturing, key drivers of economic development, have long relied on coal, oil, and gas. While alternatives like wind, solar, and nuclear power have existed, coal and oil have remained the more affordable options. It is only in recent decades, spurred by the looming threat of climate disaster, that the world has begun to seriously explore these alternatives regardless of the cost. A
R.N. Prasher
R.N. Prasher is a retired IAS officer of the 1975 batch with extensive experience in the water and power sectors. He served as the principal secretary of Haryana’s irrigation and power departments and was a member of the Bhakra Beas Management Board. Prasher has been an outspoken advocate for the suspension of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan, arguing that water-scarce India could utilize the water currently flowing into the sea as permitted by the treaty. After his retirement, he served as the principal advisor to the chief minister of Haryana, overseeing inter-state wa
