Shruti Sharma is an Associate and Energy Specialist in IISD’s Energy program and the India Project Coordinator. Her experience and expertise lie in the field of environment, energy and poverty alleviation, with a focus on policy analysis, project management and evaluation. In her work with the British Council’s Climate Change project, Shruti developed her skills in advocacy, program management and evaluation, and communications. Her recent work focuses on energy pricing, energy subsidies, energy efficiency and the impact of energy sector reforms on gender.
All Publications
- Energy Policy Tracker
Interactive - July 14, 2020
Are we building back better? Every Wednesday, our experts provide new analysis of support for fossil fuels and clean energy. - Mapping India's Energy Subsidies 2020: Fossil fuels, renewables and electric vehicles
Report - April 7, 2020
How have India’s energy subsidy policies changed? What have been the most significant developments in India’s dynamic energy policy environment? And is public support aligned with India’s desired energy future? - Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform in Bangladesh: Findings and recommendations
Paper - February 5, 2020
The report examines from a gender perspective the impact of kerosene subsidies and their reform in Bangladesh. The report advocates that kerosene subsidy reform needs to be handled with care. - How to Target Electricity and LPG Subsidies in India: Step 1. Identifying Policy Options
Report - December 20, 2019
This report identifies knowledge gaps that are limiting policy making for better targeting of energy access subsidies in India. It identifies a number of targeting interventions that could be employed to better target subsidies for electricity and LPG. - Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform in India: Findings and recommendations
Report - December 18, 2019
The report examines the impacts of India’s subsidies to cooking gas—and their reform—from a gender perspective. It explores how liquified petroleum gas (LPG) subsidy policies and their reform affect women and girls in low-income households. - Fossil Fuel to Clean Energy Subsidy Swaps: How to pay for an energy revolution
Report - June 7, 2019
A “subsidy swap”—reallocating some of the savings from fossil fuel subsidy reform to fund the clean energy transition—can bring in economic, social and environmental benefits. - Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria
Report - January 29, 2019
This report looks at the impact of subsidies to kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and subsidy reform from a gender perspective across three countries: Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. - Improving and Refocusing Electricity Subsidies: Options for optimization in Mexico
Report - December 19, 2018
IISD is proud to partner with CONECC German-Mexican Energy Partnership on this report which identifies and evaluates options for reforming Mexico’s electricity subsidies. - Economic Instruments to Leverage Clean Energy Investment
Report - August 11, 2018
There is widespread recognition that the bulk of the investment needed to meet the Paris objectives and SDGs will have to come from private... - Kerosene to Solar PV Subsidy Swap: The business case for redirecting subsidy expenditure from kerosene to off-grid solar
Report - July 18, 2018
If kerosene subsidies are being gradually removed, can a share of the subsidy savings not be reinvested in helping the most vulnerable households access electric lighting through off-grid solar technologies? This paper explores the idea of a “kerosene to solar subsidy swap” or a “subsidy swap.” - Getting on Target: Accelerating energy access through fossil fuel subsidy reform
Report - July 17, 2018
How can reforming fossil fuel subsidies accelerate universal energy access (SDG 7)? This paper reviews the financial and practical implications of fossil fuel subsidies for SDG 7. - Electricity Sector Reform in Uttar Pradesh: Analysis of tariff adjustments and the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana Plan (UDAY)
Report - March 13, 2018
This study by IISD-Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) examines the electricity sector of the state of Uttar Pradesh by analyzing tariff adjustments and the financial assistance scheme UDAY. - India Energy Subsidy Briefing October 2017
Briefing Note - October 31, 2017
The India Energy Subsidy Briefing covers issues related to energy subsidies. October's edition included topics of petroleum products, a discussion of pricing policy for diesel and petrol, a new electricity subsidy scheme, and price hikes for liquefied petroleum gas and kerosene. - Kerosene to Solar Swap Policy Brief 1: Kerosene Subsidies in India: The status quo, challenges and the emerging path to reform
Policy Brief - May 25, 2017
This policy brief examines the current system of kerosene subsidies in India, looking at key issues and the impact subsidies have on the distribution of clean, off-grid solar lighting solutions. - Making the Switch: From fossil fuel subsidies to sustainable energy
Report - May 11, 2017
This report estimates fossil fuel subsidies to be around USD 425 billion. Such subsidies represent large lost opportunities for governments to invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable development. - A Solar Journey: Reaching the remotest villages
Commentary - March 15, 2017
Sarda’s remote location cuts off its market linkages and increases the challenge of making electricity accessible and other basic services. We document the deployment of solar in this community. - IISD Perspectives on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Commentary - July 20, 2016
As the Sustainable Development Goals were in the final hours of negotiation in 2015, and in the early days of implementation in 2016, IISD experts reflected on the implications for countries, the UN system, and our own programs of work. These articles, first published as a series of blog postings, are the outward expression of that thought process. - Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Current status of research
Report - September 27, 2016
Little is known about the gender differentiated impacts of fossil fuel subsidy reforms. This review takes stock of existing knowledge, identifies knowledge gaps and sets out plans for future research in this area. - How Subsidies for Kerosene are Holding Back Solar Power in India
Blog - July 11, 2016
Kerosene is used by millions of households in rural India to meet basic lighting needs, and subsidies have long been used to make the fuel more affordable. But for health, safety and environmental reasons, a switch to solar power is better—and more affordable in the absence of kerosene subsidies. - Rationalizing Energy Subsidies in Agriculture: A scoping study of agricultural subsidies in Haryana, India
Paper - October 21, 2015
This study untangles the energy-water nexus by analyzing how subsidized electricity has incentivized groundwater extraction in Haryana, India. - How Energy Subsidies (And Their Reform) Can Enhance Clean Energy Access
Blog - October 16, 2015
Goal Seven of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations last month, calls on governments to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.” - Ghost savings: Understanding the fiscal impacts of India’s LPG subsidy
Blog - September 30, 2015
Since April 1st 2015, India’s cooking gas subsidies have been distributed solely by electronic transfer through the Direct Benefit Transfer for... - 10 Big Ideas for Making Energy Efficiency Bankable in India
Paper - August 19, 2014
In a continent that is starved for energy and infrastructure, it is an enigma that India’s markets for energy efficiency have yet to take off.The... - Subsidies to Liquefied Petroleum Gas in India: An assessment of the direct benefit transfer in Mysore
Paper - June 6, 2014
This paper analyzes the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Mysore, India.The DBT is an initiative of the Indian... - India Energy Subsidy Review Issue 1 Volume 1
Paper - February 26, 2014
This is the first edition of the India Energy Subsidy Review, a biannual publication of the IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative.Part One outlines... - Understanding Fossil-fuel Subsidies in India: Questions and answers
Paper - January 28, 2014
Fossil-fuel subsidies are significant drain on public finances.They are also bad for the environment, while benefitting higher income consumers... - Green Revenues for Green Energy: Environmental fiscal reform for renewable energy technology deployment in China
Paper - October 22, 2013
China's economy continues to grow rapidly with corresponding increases in both energy consumption and environmental pollution.Renewable energy is a...