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February 16, 2022
Enabling a just transition in India’s coal district of Korba
Economic restructuring and development intervention will be essential, shows the latest study by iFOREST
Under the 'current policy scenario,' which aligns with India's netzero target of 2070, all the coal mines in Korba can be closed by 2050 and power plants by 2040 in a phased manner (A view of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in Korba; Image: India Water Portal)
March 17, 2021
Clean fuel choices of urban India’s poor
Insights from urban slum households across six states
PMUY should expand its reach to urban slum households, given that there are still households without LPG connections. (Image: Adam Cohn, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))
December 19, 2019
Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange
Policy matters this week
The Ganga at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
December 11, 2019
Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
News this week
Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
October 1, 2019
Greening new pastures for green investments
Green capital at scale urgently needed for the energy transition and climate action in emerging economies - CEEW Centre for Energy Finance
Image credit: CEEW Centre for Energy Finance
January 22, 2018
Alternative Futures: India Unshackled
A remarkable, first-ever collection of 35 essays on India’s future, by a diverse set of authors – activists, researchers, media practitioners.
Alternative Futures: India Unshackled
Acquired lands lay barren, SC questions states
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 12:11 PM

Why are lands acquired from farmers barren? SC asks states
Women farmers protest against land acquisition (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Ecologists challenge Bharti's remark on Ken-Betwa
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Jan, 2017 11:20 AM

No final approval for Ken-Betwa river link as claimed by Centre
The Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)
This year witnesses record agricultural output
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Oct, 2016 07:17 AM

Normal monsoon leads to record agricultural output this year
A farm in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Power crisis: Time to go green
Hydro energy is a leading source of power in India. With severe water crisis looming large, isn't it time for us to look at renewable energy options?
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 08 Sep, 2016 06:33 PM

Despite the severe water management crisis India is going through, hydro energy continues to be the second leading source of power, next only to thermal-based energy in the country. Hydropower generates over 16 percent of India’s electricity.
Tehri, a hydropower dam in Uttarakhand (Source: Mayank Gupta, Wikimedia Commons)
NGT questions UP on potable water to villages
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:30 PM

Provide potable water to villages: NGT asks UP government 
Polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)
"Power firms lose Rs 2400 crores to water crisis"
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 08:54 PM

Power firms’ loss due to water shortage is Rs 2400 crore this year: Greenpeace
An NTPC thermal plant (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Art of Living pays NGT compensation
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 08:43 PM

Art of Living pays environment compensation
Front view of the giant stage at the World Culture Festival under construction in February, 2016 (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)
Release water from private dams: Bombay HC to Maharashtra Government
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 01 Jun, 2016 10:01 PM

Bombay HC demands release of water from private dams
A dam in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Drought-hit States seek more funds from Centre
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 10 May, 2016 02:21 PM

UP, Maharshtra and Karnataka seeks more funds from Centre to tackle drought
Nation suffers from one of the worst drought (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
India inks pact with Germany for Ganga revival
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:44 PM

India and Germany join hands to rejuvenate the Ganga
Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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