Forest Act amendment proposes ease of mining, experts cry foul

Six weeks before the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change released a Consultation Paper with several proposals to amendment in the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, it had sent a letter to Principal Secretaries,...

Read more October 12, 2021 at 1:14 pm CFA

Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

It was a cold December evening when I met Kavita Yadaw of village Mardapoti (Nagri block, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh). Kavita struggled with her mask. She adjusted and readjusted it. She remembered that the pandemic...

Read more August 2, 2021 at 11:26 am Swarnima Kriti

The Hidden Environmental Costs of India’s Data Centre Push

Data centres are giant industrial collections of servers that store and process data underlying the modern information economy. Most...

Private Investments in Highways Expected to Reach Rs 1 Trillion by FY29

The previous Infrastructure Finance Updates have covered reports from various sectors including roads, highways, airports, railroads, and real estate...