Articles by Ramesh Bhatia

Framework for Social Benefit Cost Analysis Ramesh Bhatia This paper aims (i) to present a framework for a detailed social benefit cost analysis of investments in bio-gas plants in rural India; (ii) to assess the available information on valuation of output (fertiliser and fuel) and valuation of inputs in various studies of biotas systems; (iii) to present some preliminary results on the profitability of investment in bio-gas units from the viewpoint of society; and (iv) to give some estimates of the macro-level implications of installing 100,000 bio-gas units in the next few years.