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News: The year 2022 will be critical for India’s renewable energy industry if it is to hit the country’s ambitious 2030 and 2070 climate goals. If we don’t speed up the pace in 2022, it will make the targets more difficult to reach in each succeeding year. Must Read: Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP) – Explained,… Continue reading A must-surge year for climate goals

News: Forest Survey of India has found that more than 30 hills in the Rajasthan segment of Aravalli range have vanished due to the flattening of land by the mining mafia.   In recent years, Aravalli has seen a lot of destruction and this is impacting not just the area around it but also the… Continue reading Protect the Aravalli Range

News: The Gati Shakti panel, led by the cabinet secretary, has asked the DPIIT (the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) to identify high-impact projects that can be included in the Budget. Projects related to rail, roads, and airports may be included. The department has also been asked to make sure that projects… Continue reading The infrastructure push

News: Conferring a limited form of legitimacy to traditional institutions is one way to bring society, nations and super-states back to reality. The biggest challenge the world faces today is steady collapse of traditional institutions. For instance, From the United Nations and supra-national bodies like the European Union or the World Trade Organization, not one… Continue reading The state is not what one thinks it is

News: There are strong arguments for revamping the financial structure of the IMF. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) attempting to modify itself into an aid agency, instead of embracing its traditional role of helping troubled debtor countries. What is the issue with the IMF’s financial structure? Due to the absence of strict conditionality requirements, the vast… Continue reading Why is the IMF trying to be an aid agency?

News:  India needs to update many of its governance laws so that India does not miss this epochal shift to a network economy. Contrary to what many believe, Industry’s success is not dependent on economies of scale. Rather, the most important factor in the industry’s success in the network age is connectedness. What matters in… Continue reading Unravelling what awaits us in 2022- On Network-Based Economy

News:  NITI Aayog has recently released its fourth Health Index report for the year 2019-20, which was published in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.  It ranked states on a weighted composite score based on 24 indicators, and offers a useful picture of the state of Indian health care.  What are the components… Continue reading Picture of health