Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
Gurinder Kaur In the last week of June, an extreme heatwave has killed at least 600 people in Canada. Of those killed, 486 were from British Columbia alone. Most of the dead were elderly people living alone. Generally, the weather…
TK Arun What’s in a name? That we call Corona; Will, by any other name, kill as cold. Only a small minority has so far cared if the cause of death of their loved ones was recorded as COVID or not.…
Aravind Unni, Jasmine Singh and Tikender Singh Panwar How Modi government’s flagship missions have irreparably damaged urban governance frameworks and put people at the periphery On June 25, the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) completed six years of its launch. Positioned…
Tikender Singh Panwar What will our post-pandemic habitat be? It is a question that demands attention from planners, architects, and governance structures alike. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the hollowness of an already corroding system, merely becoming the proverbial final…
Dhiraj Nayyar Instead of waiting for governments to react under popular pressure, corporates must themselves set out on a different path, placing commitment to sustainability and community alongside pursuit of profit in a post-covid capitalist world Will the aftermath of Covid-19 alter…
Dhiraj Nayyar Government may be on the right track in raising the share of industry’s contribution to GDP. It just needs to get more flexible and bolder. The Narendra Modi government’s economic policies have been an interesting mix of orthodox…
Institute for Sustainable Communities Climate analysis predict mismatch in rainfall and temperature patterns with crop phenology: Soybean, Cotton, Wheat and Gram crops at risk finds Institute for Sustainable Communities study across 3 major regions of Maharashtra. Mumbai, June 29, 2021…