Category Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

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Atal Bhujal Yojana (2019): From Aquifer Mapping to Sustainable Groundwater Management in India

Groundwater is one of the most important sources of water in India. It supports agriculture, drinking water, rural livelihoods, and several urban and industrial activities. According to the Dynamic Groundwater Resources Assessment, 2025, India extracts about 247.22 billion cubic metres (BCM) of groundwater annually. Agriculture accounts for around 87 per cent of this extraction, while domestic use accounts for 11 per cent and industry for about 2 per cent. Groundwater also supports a large share of India’s irrigated agriculture and remains an important source of drinking water for rural and urban populations.

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Capital Deepening vs. Total Factor Productivity under the India Semiconductor Mission 2.0

The evolution of India's technology policy reached a turning point with the transition from the foundational phase of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 1.0) to the expanded mandate of ISM 2.0. Launched in December 2021 under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with a capital corpus of ₹76,000 crore , the program addressed physical deficits in domestic electronics manufacturing.

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Tex-Eco Initiative 2026: Untangling Fast Fashion to Weave a Circular Pathway 

The Tex-Eco Initiative is the Ministry of Textiles' new technology-and-coordination programme, launched under Union Budget 2026-27, to steer India's textile sector toward genuine circularity. It arrives at a critical moment for a sector that contributes 2.3% of GDP, 13% of industrial production and 12% of exports, employing over 45 million people which is the second-largest source of employment after agriculture (Threads of Progress, 2025). 

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Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Viability Gap Funding Scheme: Strengthening India’s Energy Storage Capacity

As India scales solar and wind capacity toward its 500 GW non-fossil target by 2030, a goal announced as part of India's "Panchamrit" commitments at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November 2021, the variability of renewable generation has become a central grid-management challenge; solar output disappears every evening precisely when electricity demand peaks.

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Effect of Climate Change on Rural Healthcare: Why India’s Health System Must Prepare for a Warming Future

Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue, it is rapidly becoming one of India's greatest public health challenges. While conversations often focus on melting glaciers or rising sea levels, the most immediate impacts are being felt in villages where healthcare systems are already stretched. Heatwaves, floods, erratic monsoons, air pollution, and changing disease patterns are placing unprecedented pressure on rural health services, threatening decades of progress in maternal and child health, infectious disease control, and primary healthcare.

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Protecting the Aravallis: Forest Conservation Amendment Act, 2023 Vs Sustainable Mining Plans

As stated in an IMPRI Policy Insights piece by TK Arun, (Arun T. K., 2026), Mountains are potential mines! This cogent statement seamlessly highlights an ideological threat that has the potential to manifest into an ecological one. As four states, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi share one of Earth’s oldest geological structures, they each uptake non-uniform definitions in defining the hills. Thus, allowing loopholes as sanctions for mining in the Aravallis.

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Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Amendment Order, 2026: A Comprehensive Analysis

The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 2000 has for over two decades formed the legal backbone of household cooking fuel regulation in India. Issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas under Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, the Order governs how LPG connections are granted, how cylinders are distributed through government oil marketing companies, and how misuse of subsidised domestic LPG is prevented. Through the year 2026, the Ministry issued two significant amendments to this Order, each responding to a different aspect of India's changing cooking fuel landscape. The first amendment, notified on 14 March 2026, introduced a prohibition on the dual holding of LPG and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections by the same household. The second amendment, notified on 25 May 2026, eased the transition process for consumers who move from LPG to PNG by allowing them either to formally terminate their LPG connection or to obtain a transfer voucher that permits restoration of LPG supply if they later shift to an area without PNG infrastructure.

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