India's Energy Crisis and Environmental Challenges in the 1970s

The chapter explores India's energy crisis in the 1970s, exacerbated by climate shocks and the oil crisis, impacting all levels of society. It discusses how the scarcity of oil-derived fertilizers led to food availability issues and price hikes, especially affecting the poor. The chapter also delves into the challenges faced by the coal industry in India and the centralization of power in New Delhi during the 1980s using energy as a control mechanism.