विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस 5 जून पर विशेषप्लास्टिक प्रदुषण पर्यावरण के लिए खतरा,प्रभावी प्रतिबंध जरूरी
विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस पर्यावरण के लिए सबसे बड़ा अंतरराष्ट्रीय दिवस है। वर्ष 1972 में पर्यावरण के प्रति वैश्विक स्तर पर राजनीतिक और सामाजिक जागृति लाने हेतु इस दिवस को मनाने की घोषणा संयुक्त राष्ट्र...
Burning Waste, Warming Cities: New Report Links Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plants to Urban Heat Crisis in Delhi
A new report titled “Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Incineration and Urban Heat in Delhi: Burning Waste, Warming Cities?” released today by The People’s Alliance for Waste Accountability (PAWA) exposes a disturbing and overlooked consequence of Delhi’s...
World Environment Day: Indian Financial System Funding Infrastructure Projects In The Hills Faces A Himalayan Challenge
Increased frequency of climate-related extreme events in the Himalayan region is leading to project delays and losses as well as cost overruns. The challenge confronting India’s massive financial sector is whether it will be...
Affected people strongly oppose illegal land leveling by Adani company
Illegal land leveling work was started by Adani Company in the Adani Anuppur Thermal Power Plant area in Kotma, Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. The affected people are strongly opposing this. Welspun Company had...
Burning Waste,Warming cities?
Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration and urban heat in Delhi. Heatwaves, which are a period of unusually high temperatures as compared to what is normally expected over a region, are increasingly posing a serious threat to...
Why technicalising India’s waste crisis is not the solution
Pushing technological solutions like waste-to-energy plants overlook the social, political and economic aspects of waste. “Trash is treasure when you recycle.” “Don’t waste waste—manage it well!” “Technology can transform waste from a problem into...
Who Gains, Who Loses? Rethinking India’s Global Trade Moves
India is reportedly planning to open parts of its massive $700+ billion public procurement market to foreign companies, starting with the U.K. and the U.S. This marks a big policy shift. The government claims...
DAY-NULM wound up quietly. Have we removed urban poverty and un-employment?
The Reserve Bank of India, wide its notification RBI/2025-26/39/FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.No 06/09.16.003/2025-26, announced that the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) has officially concluded on September 30, 2024. Consequently, the Master Circular dated...
जलाशयों की ठेकेदारी, मछुआरों पर भारी
जल के विविध स्रोतों में तालाब, नदी और जलाशय शामिल है। इसी जलसंपदा में मछली की विविध प्रजातियां करोड़ों लोगों के लिए अन्न सुरक्षा देती है तथा मछुआरों के लिए आजीविका का आधार भी...
The Tariff Wars: India & the Global South in a Fragmenting System of World Trade
Amidst rapidly shifting geopolitical shifts, the first webinar in the series The Political Economy of the Trump Era, titled ‘The Tariff Wars: India and the Global South in a Fragmenting System of World Trade’...
Is RBI’s New Plan for Bad Loans Just Another Quick Fix?
In a country like India, where millions hover between poverty and fragile middle-class dreams, every bad loan is more than a financial misstep – it’s a broken promise. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s)...
RBI Draft on Gold Loans Sending People to Money Lenders!
RBI Governor on 9th April 2025, after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, announced that co-lending model will be expanded and a draft guideline for lending against gold will be circulated. RBI / 2025-26 /...
अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय जैवविविधता दिवस 22 | मई जैव विविधता पृथ्वी पर सभी जीवन का आधार है
इस वर्ष अंतर्राष्ट्रीय जैव विविधता दिवस का विषय है “प्रकृति के साथ सामंजस्य और सतत विकास”।प्राचीन समय से ही भारत के ऋषि-मुनियों को प्रकृति संरक्षण और मानव के स्वभाव की गहरी जानकारी थी। वे...
Critique on the Draft Framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy
The Government of India’s Ministry of Finance released the draft framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy on 7 May 2025. The draft framework discusses the country’s climate goals and commitments, including Nationally Determined Contributions...