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- ↑ Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform in India, August 2012 http://www.iisd.org/gsi/sites/default/files/ffs_india_teri_rev.pdf
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- ↑ Building an energy secure future for India: in consultation with stakeholders, 2010; Khemka Foundation http://khemkafoundation.in/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=27:climate-change&Itemid=231
- ↑ Rural Energy Transitions and inequities - NFA http://www.teriin.org/projects/nfa/cces3awp2.php Archived 22 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Norwegian Framework Agreement http://www.teriin.org/projects/nfa/
- ↑ Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Ministry of Foreign Affairs - regjeringen.no". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ TERI-NFA Working Paper Series http://www.teriin.org/projects/nfa/index.php#strategic_themes
- ↑ The Volkswagen Foundation and Its International Focus 2013; Volkswagen Stiftung http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/uploads/media/CB_2013_web.pdf Archived 22 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Lifestyles, Energy Security, and Climate - TERI, AEI and Khemka Foundation event http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=details&sid=481&Itemid=110