Category Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

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Atal Bhujal Yojana (2019): From Aquifer Mapping to Sustainable Groundwater Management in India

Groundwater is one of the most important sources of water in India. It supports agriculture, drinking water, rural livelihoods, and several urban and industrial activities. According to the Dynamic Groundwater Resources Assessment, 2025, India extracts about 247.22 billion cubic metres (BCM) of groundwater annually. Agriculture accounts for around 87 per cent of this extraction, while domestic use accounts for 11 per cent and industry for about 2 per cent. Groundwater also supports a large share of India’s irrigated agriculture and remains an important source of drinking water for rural and urban populations.

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Capital Deepening vs. Total Factor Productivity under the India Semiconductor Mission 2.0

The evolution of India's technology policy reached a turning point with the transition from the foundational phase of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 1.0) to the expanded mandate of ISM 2.0. Launched in December 2021 under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with a capital corpus of ₹76,000 crore , the program addressed physical deficits in domestic electronics manufacturing.

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Understanding the Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme Framework (MSE-CDP), 2007

The Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) is one of the primary schemes run by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). The idea behind the program is simple: small businesses often struggle to grow because they cannot afford modern machinery, proper testing labs, or good infrastructure on their own. Instead of giving scattered subsidies to individual shops, this scheme brings local businesses together into enterprise clusters.

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Tex-Eco Initiative 2026: Untangling Fast Fashion to Weave a Circular Pathway 

The Tex-Eco Initiative is the Ministry of Textiles' new technology-and-coordination programme, launched under Union Budget 2026-27, to steer India's textile sector toward genuine circularity. It arrives at a critical moment for a sector that contributes 2.3% of GDP, 13% of industrial production and 12% of exports, employing over 45 million people which is the second-largest source of employment after agriculture (Threads of Progress, 2025). 

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National Animal Disease Control Programme (2019): India’s Pathway Towards Disease-Free Livestock

India has one of the world's largest livestock populations, making animal health crucial for rural livelihoods, food security and the dairy economy. As per the 20th Livestock Census 2019, the total livestock population is 535.78 million, including 302.79 million bovines(Press Information Bureau, 2026). The large livestock population underscores the importance of animal health and well-being.

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Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Viability Gap Funding Scheme: Strengthening India’s Energy Storage Capacity

As India scales solar and wind capacity toward its 500 GW non-fossil target by 2030, a goal announced as part of India's "Panchamrit" commitments at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November 2021, the variability of renewable generation has become a central grid-management challenge; solar output disappears every evening precisely when electricity demand peaks.

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When Trade Becomes a Weapon: What It Means for Tamil Nadu’s Agro-Export Corridor

Thomas Sea Foods, a fisheries MSME in Kanyakumari, had just signed an export deal with an international buyer when a routine requirement stopped the shipment cold: certification from the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA). The certificate itself wasn't the real barrier — the infrastructure needed to qualify for it was. Upgrading processing facilities to meet compliance standards costs crores, far beyond what a single small enterprise can invest on its own. The deal that had taken months to negotiate stalled indefinitely, one of several such losses this MSME faced with international buyers.

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