‘Lie-cycling’: Only 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled so far — is this recycling getting undue attention?

While governments and corporations focus on ‘techno-fixes’ and individual-centric sustainability practices

Read more March 19, 2025 at 4:44 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran & Vishvaja S

Trade Deals or Traps? | Finance Matters, 14 March 2025 | Editorial

Is India being pressured into trade deals that could weaken its own industries? The US is pushing India to sign a broad macro trade agreement instead of making minor tariff adjustments while also questioning...

प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण – एक जानलेवा संकट

आधुनिक विकास के नाम पर जिन ‘भस्मासुरों’ को बनाया, बढ़ाया जा रहा है, प्लास्टिक उनमें से एक है। कुल-जमा सौ-सवा सौ साल पहले ईजाद किया गया यह कारनामा आज प्रकृति-पर्यावरण और इंसानों के अस्तित्व...

Read more March 18, 2025 at 2:32 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

A model for the country and other states! We have seen many Union Economic Survey and Budget as well as State Budges. Kerala Budget especially by Dr. Thomas Issac used to have innovations and...

Read more March 18, 2025 at 11:55 am Thomas Franco

Vadhavan Port: A Development Mirage at the Cost of People and Ecology?

A ₹76,220 crore mega-port in Maharashtra is being pushed under Sagarmala, threatening fishers, farmers, and Adivasis in Palghar.

From Privacy Invasion to Economic Strain! | Finance Matters, 07 March 2025 | Editorial

The Income Tax Bill, 2025 is raising serious concerns about privacy and government overreach.

Income Tax Bill – Opportunities Ignored – Weapons Sharpened

The Income Tax Bill 2025 was a great opportunity to bring real changes to the tax system of the country. The top taxpayers in the country are actors and not the corporate richest and...

Read more March 10, 2025 at 10:12 am Thomas Franco

परमाणु ऊर्जा का बहिष्कार: सतत और जनकेंद्रित ऊर्जा नीतियों की मांग

जन आंदोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय (एनएपीएम) का हैदराबाद में राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन था, जो 1 से 4 मार्च तक चला।इस राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में नेशनल अलायंस फॉर क्लाइमेट एंड इकोलॉजिकल जस्टिस, नेशनल अलायंस ऑफ एंटी-न्यूक्लियर मूवमेंट्स...

Read more March 9, 2025 at 6:52 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Street vendors are the low-hanging fruits in the battle against plastic

Single-use plastic ban vilified street vendors and small players, but conveniently missed the real villains: the producers and users of plastic – petrochemicals companies, plastic producers, and FMCG companies – who choose to make...

Read more March 8, 2025 at 5:32 pm Anirban Bhattacharya

Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations...

The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The latest Indus Valley report in fact shows that India’s consuming class is today just a thin layer of 10% and this section is only deepening, not widening. While people from the bottom 90%...

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

Critical analysis of the operations and eco-social impact of oil and gas public sector enterprises.

Read more March 3, 2025 at 5:22 pm Benisha B M & Karthik Gunasekar

Energy Matters | January 2025

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has introduced a new draft of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024 that will replace the existing Solid Waste Management rules that came into force in...

Read more February 27, 2025 at 5:57 pm CFA

जलवायु परिवर्तन संकट में ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों की भूमिका

जलवायु परिवर्तन का संकट तो वैश्विक समस्या है। जिसके कई कारण हैं, जैसे कि जीवाश्म ईंधनों (कोयला,तेल और गैस) का जलना, वनों की कटाई और कृषि। वनों की कटाई विकास परियोजनाओं, कृषि विस्तार और...

Read more February 27, 2025 at 3:31 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

थर्मल प्लांट के राख से त्रस्त किसान और जनता

भारत की लगभग 71.22 प्रतिशत बिजली कोयला आधारित ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों से उत्पन्न होती है। देश में 180 ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों की कुल उत्पादन क्षमता 212 गीगावाट (1 गीगावाट=1000 मेगावाट) है जिसे 2030 तक...

Read more February 25, 2025 at 9:51 am Raj Kumar Sinha

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