VivekoVivek

Energy × Climate × Political Economy | Fellow @AsiaGInstitute | Alum @Harvard

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

Globally, most electricity (~97% of total supply) dont cross borders. It's consumed domestically. It’s not an opinion.
Exports matter. Revenues matter. Cross-border trade matters. More crossborder power grids are being integrated globally.
Just saying: exporting electricity isn’t how today’s high-income countries got there. Domestic demand is the real game, and even more so in today’s increasingly buyer-leaning market. @sudheerktm

[Sudheer Sharma @sudheerktm]

नेपालसँग सम्भावनाहरु प्रचुर छन् । तर अब हामीले आफ्नो न्यारेटिभ बदल्नु पर्छ । भारत र चीनसँग गर्दै आएको नेगोसिएसनको तौर-तरीका र क्षमता दुवै बढाउनु पर्छ ।

यसै भन्छन् उर्जा विश्लेषक विवेकराज कँडेल : https://t.co/7NXlXxNddN

हाम्रो यो कुराकानी जलविद्युत, ट्रान्समिसन लाइन, नेपाल-भारत-बंगलादेश उर्जा व्यापारदेखि हालको जल्दोबल्दो भूराजनीतिसम्म तन्केको छ । हेर्नुहोला है 😊

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

The optimistic view is that a country that spent decades short of power has, in the space of three or four years, built one of the most solarised electricity systems in the developing world, funded overwhelmingly by private money

✏️ @janrosenow

https://t.co/ksFXMsEOpH

[ORF America @ORFAmerica]

💬 “India's role as South Asia's largest and most resilient economy creates a natural opportunity to anchor the region's #energy security through the kind of structured regional cooperation that serves India's own long-term interests,” writes @Dr_PiyushVerma: https://t.co/QrriPZ8F61

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

We literally turned our most famous tragic love story "muna madan" into a daily reality. Empty farms, split families, youth heading to the airport. This structural failure shouldn't be our everyday reality. Wonderful piece by @brp_del https://t.co/aLzgGO1IsO

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

A pure clinical analysis from the man who has consistently clocked in the work from local politics to deep geopolitics. A must-watch! Nothing against bias or fierce advocacy - just own it. But since we mostly hear Nepalese commentary from secret party cadres pretending to be neutral, this is an absolute anomaly @sudheerktm @Roopess

[Rupesh Shrestha @Roopess]

Sudheer Sharma
On FIRESIDE !
@sudheerktm

https://t.co/Z0cYD0o8oJ

[Saurav Dhakal @DhakalSaurav]

Want to join the crew for wild Honey Hunting in Marsyangdi? Space is strictly limited to ensure safety and authentic local integration. DM me to experience the wild side of Lamjung for next December @Storycycle

[Anup Kaphle 🐐 @AnupKaphle]

Nepalis have no shortage of things to say about Nepal.

That's why we're opening up @ekantipur_com and @kathmandupost opinion section to new writers, thinkers, artists, and illustrators. If you've been waiting to be asked, this your invitation.

Pitch us👉🏽https://t.co/l6LN4eAV9m

[Masud Karim @mkarimbd]

https://t.co/AQPBGEHe4i.

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

China’s universities cut 12,000 ‘obsolete’ degrees amid race to embrace AI era https://t.co/jGFMmqoXxZ

[The Kathmandu Post @kathmandupost]

Additional 20 MW electricity export to Bangladesh blocked as India withholds approval

Nepal will continue exporting 40 MW after India’s Central Electricity Authority cites transmission constraints, stalling plans to raise supply to 60 MW.

https://t.co/w0KhQ70g9w —by Seema Tamang

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Dhaka, Bangladesh: On Bangladesh, Nepal, & India holding enormous potential for trilateral cooperation meeting, Analyst and AsiaGlobal Fellow, University of HongKong, Bibek Raj Kandel says, “I see a lot of potential for the trilateral cooperation space because we are in the space where we cannot afford isolation…we hear a lot of conversations around economic diplomacy, but we fail to integrate how there would be an optimized, reasonable marketplace where all the nation states can benefit from the shared cooperation…Nepal's clean energy surplus can be a big incentive for the industries in Bangladesh. And India, as a transit, can monetise its transit infrastructure…I see a lot of demand around tourism as well…there is demand, but we've not been able to facilitate the movement between the people, businesses…we should be looking at where and how these states can really come together and share each other's constraints and take part in the shared prosperity…I see there's a lot of potential between Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. So I am optimistic for these to really work on the regional marketplace.”

[Sagar Uprety @sagar_uprety]

Appreciate you bringing this up. As clean energy adoption grows, price arbitrage opportunities in this space appear to be gradually diminishing and governments will inevitably need to identify new revenue sources to compensate.

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

co-authored with @ShreeanshAg

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

We totally predicted this.
Look closer at the new tax slabs (5% up to 110% +flat 20% customs introduced in the #budget2083. It's actually highly #rational.
Globally, #EV tax hikes and policy overhauls are rolling out across major markets to recover lost fuel-duty revenues.

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

⚡Read our full number breakdown and argumemts here: #Cantordust #Insights https://t.co/Zsp4Ex8di4

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

@aswaathama Totally. the market relies on state rules, which is exactly why the state must be imginative enough to empower everyone.

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

All governments in Nepal are trapped in a false binary of "private vs. public." The reality? The state is inherently the largest profit partner in every private enterprise, takes 13% VAT and 25% of your net profits at the least, without investing. https://t.co/trlDKEQBxu

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

@aswaathama The drive for self-maximization pushes businesses to innovate; the State's guardrails and adherence to regulatory compliances ensure that drive benefits the wider market through continuous competition.

[VivekoVivek @vivekovivek]

Every private business naturally seeks to maximize its own market share and value, that is pure economic self-interest. The point isn't that monopolies are inherently 'good' for society. It's state’s job to protect consumers, prevent anti-competitive abuse, and build a fair, transparent regulatory framework that allows new entrants to challenge that monopoly.