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Trade Wars Under the Guise of Green Development
Read more: Trade Wars Under the Guise of Green DevelopmentGreen trade forms an important component of Sustainable Development. However, in the recent past, the developed world has been implementing many unilateral trade protectionist policies under the guise of promoting “green growth”.The motive behind such policies is to provide a competitive advantage to domestic manufacturers over their global counterparts. Such policies then take the shape…
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Forging Equitable Societies through Sustainable Development
Read more: Forging Equitable Societies through Sustainable DevelopmentIn an era marked by unparalleled challenges and opportunities, the essence of sustainable development stands as a linchpin for shaping a just and equitable global future. This article delves into the imperative role of sustainability and tries to make a compelling case for it through Environmental, Economic and Social policy making perspectives.
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Absence of Women in Leadership Roles: Reinforcement of Gender Norms at Higher Levels and its Implications
Read more: Absence of Women in Leadership Roles: Reinforcement of Gender Norms at Higher Levels and its ImplicationsThe article scrutinizes the subject of women’s participation and position in the IT Sector in India. It argues for structural changes in the sector through an analysis of Japan’s ‘womenomics’ policies and their subsequent failure due to the widespread gender inequality present in all the realms- public and private, professional and personal, workplace and household.…
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Eco Showers: A Catalyst for Water Conservation
Read more: Eco Showers: A Catalyst for Water ConservationShowering is one of the leading water-consuming activities at home which can cause something called “habitual water waste”, a term coined for the water that drains away unused each time during showers. This collectively comprises 20% water loss in any household. Generally, the authorities and other environmentalists suggest taking fewer showers to combat climate change.…
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Powering India’s Future: How the Energy Sector is Meeting Global Commitments
Read more: Powering India’s Future: How the Energy Sector is Meeting Global CommitmentsIndia presented five core aspects of climate action, Panchamrit, including reaching a non-fossil energy capacity of 500 GW and achieving 50% of energy needs from renewables by 2030. They aim to reduce one billion tonnes of global carbon emissions by 2030, lower carbon intensity by 45% from 2005 levels, and achieve net-zero emissions by 2070.…
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Women Empowerment through Microfinance Schemes: A critique
Read more: Women Empowerment through Microfinance Schemes: A critiqueThe article assesses the various microfinance schemes introduced in South Asian and African countries for women to gauge the current outlook on women empowerment in that region. The article establishes that the provision of credit alone is not sufficient to enable women to make independent decisions regarding their financial and social trajectory.
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Electrifying India’s Roadmap: Unlocking the Potential of Lithium in Electric Vehicles
Read more: Electrifying India’s Roadmap: Unlocking the Potential of Lithium in Electric VehiclesWith improvements in battery technology, an expanding network of infrastructure for charging vehicles, and rising consumer demand, EVs are now a practical choice for many drivers worldwide. India is the third-largest vehicle market in the world, with a 7.1% GDP share. Anticipating a world dominated by electric vehicles, material scientists are working on two big…
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From Targeting to Universality: Nourishing India’s Future through a Revamped Food Security System
Read more: From Targeting to Universality: Nourishing India’s Future through a Revamped Food Security SystemIn December 2022, the Indian government announced the distribution of free food grains to beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), including AAY families and PHH. However, the political motivations behind this move may overshadow the weaknesses of the targeted Public Distribution System (PDS) supported by the NFSA. This article aims to explore the…
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India’s Not So Smooth Road Towards Sustainability
Read more: India’s Not So Smooth Road Towards SustainabilityThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, places a huge responsibility on governments to invest in the country’s resources to accelerate the pace of sustainable development. The article would assess whether it is even feasible to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in the manner in which they were envisaged to be followed. By studying one example…
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From Poverty to Prestige: Slum Displacements and Marginal Urbanism at the Time of G20
Read more: From Poverty to Prestige: Slum Displacements and Marginal Urbanism at the Time of G20Marginal urbanism often acts on social exclusion. Social exclusion in India has developed over caste and religion of communities. Dalits, Muslims and Adivasis occupy the poorest neighbourhoods in Indian cities. People belonging to minority communities are forced to occupy spaces of locational disadvantage, where they are recipients of inadequate sanitation, education and health care facilities…
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Alice in Wonderland Just Made It To An Economics Textbook?
Read more: Alice in Wonderland Just Made It To An Economics Textbook?With their whimsical descriptions and seemingly perfect endings, fairy tales made for the choicest time of the day during my childhood; only to later be discouraged from such readings, dismissed as mere escapism. My persistent pleas to my grandmother for more books from the community library met with the same fate, every time, she averred,…
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Green Hydrogen: Clean Energy Transition
Read more: Green Hydrogen: Clean Energy TransitionHydrogen plays a key role for a necessary shift in today’s global market towards a sustainable future, decarbonizing the energy, industrial and transportation sectors and is expected to have a greater impact on the global energy mix. The goal of the 2050 energy outlook scenario is to achieve the 1.5degree Celsius limit, set forth in…
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