00897pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001400040245003500054260000900089300001600098362001100114520054600125650002700671650001900698773003400717180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRao, S.L.  aThe political economy of power  c2002  ap.3433-444.  a17 Aug  aIndia has taken a long time to arrive at a reasonable direction for the improvement of the power sector.  For long it has been difficult to strike a proper balance between the commercial viability of the sector and the imperative need to make power available even to those deficient in resources to pay for it.  This paper discusses the various issues in the sector and the present state of the reforms programme.  It sees some room for hope growing understanding of the sector that seems to have developed among policy-makers. - Reproduced.  aPower industry - India  aPower industry  aEconomic and Political Weekly