Category: Environment
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The Policy Dialogue: Policies for Access to Clean Energy in India
We are organizing an online policy awareness and deliberation session on the subject of Policies for Access to Clean Energy in India Date: 27th June, 2020. Timings: 7:00 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom Although India is one of the emerging economies with immense growth potential for renewable sources of energy, data suggests that…
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Access to Clean Cooking Fuel in India: Aspiring for Gas Pipeline while struggling for LPG
By Anushka Gutte & Mrigakshi Tandon, Research Associates, Policy In May 2016, the government launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana that aimed at providing 5 crore Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) connections in the name of women of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) household. Research suggests that only 18 percent of rural households in India have…
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The Policy Dialogue: Animal Agriculture and Food Policies
We are organising a virtual policy awareness and deliberation session on the subject of Animal Agriculture and Food Policies in India. Date: 9th May, 2020. Timings: 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom Given the massive impact of the current pandemic and the role of zoonotic viruses that are possibly the outcome of our…
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Animal Agriculture: Tracing the Roots of Injustice and Scope for the Future
Humans have gone from relying on nature to provide for resources, to manipulating nature to produce resources as per their will. Amidst all our self-serving advancements, we may not realize the simultaneous growth of a self destructive culture growing in our periphery. It is the rapid growth of Animal Agriculture, which we need to acknowledge…
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Sustainable Measures for Revamping Urbanisation and Environmental Policies
We organized a one-day public policy Symposium on Urbanisation and Environmental Policies for students and young professionals in New Delhi. It was aimed at reflecting on environmental policies and analyzing their impact on the contemporary urban growth landscape of our country. The discussions and presentations were focused on the need to improve the present legal…
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FAME India – Phase 2: Lack of Success in the Face of Policy Deficiencies
By Keerthana Chavaly, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi. Phase 2 of FAME India, which is a part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020, aims to reinvigorate the push for clean energy and address the drawbacks of Phase 1 by increasing the use of environmentally friendly electric vehicles through investing…
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The Feat of Ecologically Sensitive Urbanisation: What India can learn from its Asian peers
By Riya Mathur, SRCC, New Delhi. Given that the purpose of urbanization for any developing country is to produce highly efficient urban areas for better consumption and efficient management of resources and ensuring public welfare, India needs a concrete structure to embark on this journey. In a time when rural to urban migration is high…
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Ethanol Production in India: Green Fuel Policy for a Cleaner Future
By Prachi Mishra, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore & Riya Mathur, SRCC, Delhi. The growing global consciousness in regard to the impending doom of climate change, has finally managed to startle governments and policy makers to endorse sustainable legislation. In most developing countries, fuel for industry, commute and domestic usage alike makes up the largest…
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Civic Architects: The Policy Generation Group
In a democracy, people and their well being is at the core of an exemplary public policy mechanism, which is why proactive mass action can determine the fate of the policies that the State formulates. It is thus crucial that people demand sustainable solutions for existing concerns that deserve carefully crafted policies. We believe that…
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Ecologically Sensitive Urbanization in India: Lessons from Europe
By Ishita Puri, St Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Urbanization spurs a unique set of issues for both human and ecological well being, blemished by economic disparity and environmental degradation. In developing countries like India, urban spaces are the motors of the economy and generators of wealth. While it is difficult for a resource-rich and densely populated…