A decade after its implementation, MGNREGA is in shambles. Taking Jharkhand as an example, a paper analyses what went wrong and how to rectify the mistakes.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 7 years 10 months ago
Communication, based on sound scientific information, involving farmers as well as other stakeholders, is the only way to solve the Cauvery dispute. Political mandate, too, is important.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 7 years 10 months ago
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is unlikely to be effective unless it understands the influence of the complementarity of WASH variables on the incidence of diarrhoea in India.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 7 years 10 months ago
What can be done to nature’s commodification to save it from the onslaught of development? A new book delves into some pertinent questions related to current environmental crisesAarti Kelkar Khambete posted 7 years 10 months ago
The Balmiki caste has been marginalised for their association with manual scavenging. Swacch Bharat Mission needs to put an end to this evil to save a population from discrimination.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 7 years 10 months ago
Mutual trust and not the fear of an imaginary war is needed to improve the Sino-Indian relation over the sharing of Brahmaputra.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 7 years 11 months ago
The presence of toxic heavy metal in Godavari calls for immediate action because of the health threat from the contaminated water.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 7 years 11 months ago
The flagship scheme of Maharashtra’s water conservation department, Jalyukt Shivar, is worrying for its myopic vision and faulty implementation, say expertsAarti Kelkar Khambete posted 7 years 11 months ago
A study finds the actions undertaken in the 1987 ruling in Mehta vs Union of India resulted in reduced pollution levels and infant mortality.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years ago
Toilet security for women in India is less about the availability of toilets and more about addressing gender disparity.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years ago
This paper tries to understand the effect of coal mining in the northeast India and ways to control its impact on the environmentAarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years ago
An analysis finds that the problem of farmer suicides is concentrated in a few states and not an all-India phenomenonAarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 1 month ago
Marathwada is a classic example of environmental disaster due to climate change which can get worse in the absence of sincere and planned action.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 1 month ago
While the environmental crisis threatens to impact the ecology and livelihoods in India, business interests take over sustainable solutions.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 1 month ago
This paper argues that the recent restructuring of CWC and CGWB can be a good opportunity to introduce changes in the institutional structure for water governance in IndiaAarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 1 month ago
Women reel under the dual onslaught of unprecedented drought and failed public policy in Marathwada. The government must wake up to this reality.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 1 month ago
This study in urban and rural areas of Vellore, Tamil Nadu found that seasonal fluctuations had an effect on water quality and diarrhoeal disease risk.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 2 months ago