Is Efficiency of Indian Cement Firms Linked with PAT? A DEA-Tobit Analysis of Select Firms

Promoting energy efficiency through policy mechanism will help to reduce India’s dependence on fossil fuels and lead saving. This cannot happen without industry participation. The Perform-Achieve-Trade (PAT) scheme started in 2012 is such a measure, that specifically designed for the high consuming industries of India. Select plants from these are selected every PAT Cycle implementation scheme. Currently its sixth phase. One under purview cement industry. But firms were included PAT-I II dropped PAT-III IV. Using sample 27 period 2007-2021, paper estimates scores using input-oriented BCC model analyze if improving after they excluded Cycles. Results show an average, higher when part II, it declined thereafter. top 10 producers recorded than other firms. Tobit regression results royalty degree capitalization increase scores, while with age decline all