Asmatwali Background India’s climate diplomacy operates under the Paris Agreement’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) framework, through which each signatory periodically submits self-declared mitigation and adaptation targets. India’s first NDC (2015) rested on three pillars: an emissions-intensity reduction target, a non-fossil…
The Green Credit Programme (GCP) represents one of India's most recent attempts to create market-based incentives for environmental conservation and restoration. Announced in the Union Budget 2023–24 and subsequently notified through the Green Credit Rules of 2023 under the Environment (Protection) Act on 12 October 2023.
India’s merchandise exports were at their highest level ever recorded; the growth in each segment was widespread and included almost all segments of the economy. However, the trade deficit widened by $3.7 billion over last year’s figure of $6.8 billion to reach $10.5 billion.
Policy UpdateTanvi Nerurkar Introduction India’s rapid urbanisation is reshaping its economy and governance landscape. According to the 2011 Census, around 31% of the population lived in urban areas, contributing over 60% of the country’s GDP. NITI Aayog (2021) and the…
Policy UpdateTanvi Nerurkar Introduction Nearly a decade after the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) introduced the Value Capture Finance (VCF) Policy Framework in 2017, the central policy question has shifted from the theoretical viability of land value capture…
Recognising that efficient energy use and conservation are the most cost-effective ways to meet India's growing energy demand, the Government of India enacted the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. Under the provisions of this Act, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) was established on 1 March 2002 under the Ministry of Power. The Bureau is headquartered in New Delhi and extends across India.
The Khadi sector occupies a unique place in India's economic and political imagination. Born out of Mahatma Gandhi's vision of rural self-reliance, the hand-spun fabric was once a tool of national resistance; today it survives largely as a niche, low-income occupation for rural spinners and weavers, many of whom earn barely enough to sustain themselves. Traditional charkha spinning has historically offered artisans wages as low as Rs. 140 a day, a figure that reflects both low productivity and the physical toll of manual spinning.