Category Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

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11th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, New Delhi, May 2026

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), comprising Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, has emerged as a prominent minilateral platform for promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.

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30 years of Forests, Funds and Freedom Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996

The year 2026 marks three decades since the Indian Parliament enacted the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, popularly known as PESA Act. Passed on December 24, 1996, this landmark legislation was considered historic in Indian governance. 

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Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) 2023: Assessing India’s First Mandatory Carbon Market and Its Path to Net-Zero

India has spent decades regulating how much energy its industries use, but until now it never had a legal mechanism to price how much carbon those industries actually emit. The Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) changes that. Notified by the Ministry of Power on 28 June 2023 under Section 14AA of the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022, CCTS establishes India's first mandatory domestic carbon market, built around energy-intensive industries that together account for a sizable share of the country's industrial emissions.

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