South Asia needs integrated grid for cost-reduction in transmissions: Indian Foreign Secretary

South Asia needs ‘integrated grid’ for achieving cost-reduction in transmissions, harnessing potential for power trade by bringing together buyers and sellers, harmonising regulatory framework, and to promote regional economic development, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla while inaugurating the South Asia Group on Energy (SAGE) at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), an autonomous policy research institution based in New Delhi.