News: Supreme Court (SC) judges expressed dissatisfaction with the Delhi and central governments for not doing enough to correct the dire situation of pollution in NCR. As per the World Air Quality Report of 2020, published by IQAir, 22 out of the 30 most polluted cities in the world are in India. Delhi’s pollution, in… Continue reading Fresh air has become a luxury in Delhi
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Cooperation awaits its “finding Raiffesisen” movement
News: India enacted legislation for cooperatives in 1904. All India rural credit survey committee in 1954 pointed out that the cooperatives have failed in their objective. How did the cooperative movement start? It started in Europe with pioneers like Friedrich Raiffeisen and Schulze-Delitzsch In Germany. They were based on principles of self-help, self-governance, and self-responsibility.… Continue reading Cooperation awaits its “finding Raiffesisen” movement
The brush with crypto offers some lessons for regulation
News: Technology innovation typically remains a step ahead of regulatory frameworks designed with current practices in mind. Problems occur when these innovations push the envelope beyond accepted codes of social and ethical behaviour. At present, innovations in two sectors are a cause of worry for India’s sectoral regulators: Proliferation of Cryptocurrency exchanges and unregulated digital… Continue reading The brush with crypto offers some lessons for regulation
On Blockchain: The next big tech revolution
News: Blockchain technology will be the next big tech revolution. Contents1 What is blockchain technology?2 How the blockchain technology works?3 Why the blockchain technology is so promising?4 Why blockchain and its related technologies are looked at with deep suspicion? What is blockchain technology? A blockchain is a digital ledger that allows parties to transact without… Continue reading On Blockchain: The next big tech revolution
Wanted: New leaders to tackle climate change challenge
News: CoP 26 has been successful in making countries commit to climate change mitigation policies. However, many issues have still been left unaddressed due to politics. COP27, therefore, should be led by a collective of experts and leaders, who can accelerate the implementation of the action plan towards net-zero. In this context, climate change governance needs… Continue reading Wanted: New leaders to tackle climate change challenge
Corridors of death
News: The recent deaths of Elephants in Tamil Nadu and Assam in train collisions has again highlighted the gaps in efforts to reduce man-animal conflicts in the country. Of the 29,964 elephants in India, the majority are in the southern region. What are the reasons behind it? Project Elephant division (MoEF&CC) reported unnatural killing of… Continue reading Corridors of death
What the NFHS data reveals about inequality in India
News: The release of the NFHS data and the NITI Aayog’s study on developing a multidimensional index of poverty (MPI) has led to a considerable amount of discussion. In recent articles, experts have pointed out the existence of regional inequality in development, using many statistics in support of their argument. However, a detailed examination (by… Continue reading What the NFHS data reveals about inequality in India
A leap forward for fusion power
News: Physicists at the National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in Livermore California, claim to have generated nearly as much energy as they put into an inertial confinement system. This development is regarding the break through research in nuclear fusion process. Though Nuclear fusion has many benefits, some drawbacks make it unviable as of… Continue reading A leap forward for fusion power
COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems
News: The United Nations Special Envoy for Food Systems Summit, has called for an unprecedented focus on food systems — food and agriculture — by ensuring that COP27 (in Egypt) has a dedicated focus on this. There is a need to reimagine our food systems, which requires us to look at food systems through the… Continue reading COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems
Assessing the case for a legal MSP
News: After getting the three farm laws repealed, the farm unions are now demanding a legalisation of MSP. But legalising MSP must be backed by a programme with requisite resources (like MGNREGA) and a time-frame within which governments would expand and diversify their procurement portfolios, in line with agro-ecology. Contents1 Why the state continues to… Continue reading Assessing the case for a legal MSP
