India’s Agricultural Export Policy: Performance, Gaps, and Reform Priorities
India is the world’s second largest agricultural producer, however it contributes to only 2.35% share of global agricultural exports as of 2022.
Category Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
India’s Fuel Crunch Opens the Door for New Energy Service Companies
TK Arun These organisations could take on infrastructure upgrades needed to replace imported hydrocarbons with electricity as the main cooking fuel in India A new breed of energy service organisations (ESOs) would greatly facilitate the needed switchover from imported hydrocarbons…
India’s Jet Fuel Folly: Why Domestic Ethanol Is A Net Economic Drain
US President Donald Trump’s assault on the global economy and, in particular, the world’s poor, continues. While he has extended the Iran ceasefire indefinitely, American forces continue to commit piracy, boarding and taking over ships that the US had sanctioned over the export of Iranian oil.
Manufacture and Other Operations in Warehouse Regulations (MOOWR): Boosting or Hindering Make-in-India?
If you have not heard of MOOWR, and think the term probably refers to a cow’s moo
turning into a growl in protest against the abuse she is being subjected to in the Indian
political discourse, you can be excused. The MOOWR in question, however, is not
anything remotely bovine or pastoral. It is a policy initiative by the government meant to
help the noble cause of Make-in-India, which ends up ignobly harming the project of
indigenous manufacture.
Why Finance Commission’s Grants to Cities Remain Limited
Can cities plan their future when most funds are tied to Central conditions?
World Water Day: Safe Water, Not Just Running Taps
India’s water crisis is not confined to groundwater. The country’s rivers are under severe ecological stress.
Data from the Central Pollution Control Board classifies hundreds of river stretches across India as polluted, with high biochemical oxygen demand levels indicating heavy organic contamination.
Children at the Centre of Climate-Resilient Cities
Children are disproportionately affected by climate harms—they need to be at the center of local efforts to build resilience.