Necessary Step Towards Agricultural Prosperity: The Significance of the Rabi MSP Revision
ndia’s agricultural price policy serves a purpose beyond supporting individual farmers: it helps manage the economic uncertainty inherent in food production.
Category Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Sustainable Agrarian Mission on Use of Agro-Residue in Thermal power Plants (SAMARTH), 2021
The estimated biomass generation in India is 750-754 MT per year of which 228-230 MT is surplus after utilizing biomass for conventional purposes like fodder, manure and for industries (Administrative Staff College of India, cited in Ministry of Power, 2023). Most of this surplus, especially paddy straw and other crop residues from northern states, has traditionally been burned in the open, which is a major source of seasonal air pollution in Delhi-NCR and neighbouring areas (Ministry of Power, 2023).
National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM), 2015
The journey of smart grid in India is not new and it's even pre-dating the National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM). The Ministry of Power (MoP) has set up the India Smart Grid Task Force (ISGTF) and the India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) in 2010 to give policy guidance for smart grid technologies.
Energy Conservation and Sustainable Building Code (ECSBC) 2024: Making India’s Buildings More Energy Efficient and Economically Sustainable.
India’s building sector is moving into a phase of rapid expansion. Rising urbanisation, higher household incomes and growth in commercial activity are increasing the demand for residential and commercial floor space. India’s building sector is moving into a phase of rapid expansion. Rising urbanisation, higher household incomes and growth in commercial activity are increasing the demand for residential and commercial floor space. NITI Aayog estimates that India’s total building floor space will rise from 17.8 billion square metres in 2020 to 42.5 billion square metres by 2070, indicating that the country’s total building floor space could be around 2.4 times its 2020 level (NITI Aayog, 2026). This projected expansion highlights the importance of improving building efficiency at the design and construction stage, particularly because a substantial share of India’s future building stock is yet to be constructed.
Green India Mission (2014): Building a Greener Future for India
Forests provide important ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, soil and water conservation, climate regulation, and the provision of fuel, fodder, timber and non-timber forest products. They are also an important source of livelihood for communities living in and around forest areas. Recognising their ecological importance, the National Forest Policy, 1988 set the objective of maintaining forest and tree cover over at least one-third of the country's geographical area, while emphasising the need to protect ecological stability and prevent soil erosion and land degradation.
Power System and Development Fund (PSDF), 2014
The power sector was not the only challenge in the early 2010s for India. New inter-State electricity flows were accompanied by fast growth, which revealed transmission deficiencies, insufficient voltage management, protection vulnerabilities and investments that were not always easily accommodated by traditional project financing methods.
FOCUS 2.0 (2025): Assessing Climate Resilience and Indigenous Livelihoods in Mizoram (2025–2031)
The second generation rural transformation programme, FOCUS 2.0, focuses on a challenging policy question in Mizoram: how to increase the productivity and profitability of upland agriculture without degrading the ecological processes and community institutions upon which rural livelihoods rely? The programme received approval from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in November 2025 and will benefit all 11 districts of Mizoram, 700 villages and 75,000 households (about 150,000 people).