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    Energy poverty in India : a temporal study of household energy poverty levels across states
    (National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-18) U, Supriya Nayak; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - Supervisor
    Energy poverty can be broadly defined as the lack of access to modern energy services. Energy access comprises several dimensions like physical provisioning, quality, reliability and affordability of energy. However, there isn’t any consensus on the dimensions that matter the most to gauge energy poverty. Therefore, various scholars have proposed methods to calculate it differently. This dissertation has engaged with one of such recent methods called the Household Energy Poverty Index (HEPI) proposed by Gupta et al. (2020) for the Indian context. The research paper presents the energy poverty scenario that existed in 2011. In order to understand the status of energy poverty almost 10 years hence, this study attempts to recalculate HEPI for 2020. The findings are categorised into four groups and each is compared against the corresponding findings for the year 2011. It is observed that energy poverty has declined across all the states in the country. But, the regional patterns of energy deprivation which were present in 2011 continue to exist even in 2020. Likewise, the rural-urban energy poverty gap indicates that rural areas continue to be more energy poor compared to their urban counterparts. Further, the study examines the contribution of various factors to energy poverty and concludes by grouping states into four categories to reflect on the present state of energy poverty in India.