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The Food Systems Perspective: Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) for India’s Agricultural Transformation

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Climate change impacts on agriculture and vice versa are well established. Research suggests that even if emissions from all other sectors are completely halted, food systems emissions alone will make it difficult to reach the 1.5 or 2 degrees targets by 2100. Considering how interconnected the agriculture sector is with other sectors (water, energy, environment, health, etc.); socio-economic […]

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Comparing Employment and the Incidence of Poverty in U.P. and Bangladesh

Economy, Governance /

Bangladesh and U.P. are both one of the most populated regions globally. Other than population, there are other various parameters where they can be compared. In the given write-up, we have compared the unemployment and incidence of poverty between these two regions. Further, we have also tried to understand its implications.  Bangladesh: From the Bottomless

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Capital Account Convertibility: Inching in Dribs and Drabs

Economy, Legislature /

They were the early days of 1991 when severe macroeconomic imbalances shadowed India’s Balance of Payments. Plummeting of forex reserve was coupled with macroeconomic instability which is now a tale of an economic ordeal – The 1991 Crisis. One thing we learned was to get away with the silos and globalize. Globalization called for currency

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No Fund for Coal Plants Abroad: is China Truly Committed to Climate Goals?

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In this twenty-first century, climate change is beyond challenge the most pressing issue facing the entire world, causing sea levels to rise, Ice sheets of Antarctica to melt, Jakarta to submerge, forcing tens of thousands of people to migrate. At a time when global warming concerns are at their peak, the recent announcement by the

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Saying Adios to Physical ‘Toll Nakas’ in India-Establishing GPS Based Toll Collection

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As time and again highlighted by our national leaders, Arteries and veins are to the human body, that Roads and Highways are to the nation. Drawing a parallel between the importance of roads and highways to that of the human circulatory system itself emphasizes the crucial role played by them in the smooth functioning of

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Future of Power Generation: Decentralised Renewable Energy

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India is home to the second-largest population in the world and is one of the fastest-growing economies. Hence, according to BP’s (The British Petroleum Company plc) Statistical Review of World Energy, India’s primary energy consumption hit 809.2 million tons of oil equivalent in 2018. On this metric, the country is behind only China and the

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NREGA: Historical overview, Relevance and Challenges

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Over the last few decades, several legislations like the Right to Education and National Food Security Act have enriched the constitutional rights of Indian citizens. Through the various judgements passed by the Supreme Court, Article 21, i.e, Right to Life has stated that Right to Life isn’t merely survival and includes within it’s gamut ‘right

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Green to EverGreen Revolution

Economy, Governance /

\”Green revolution has repercussion like overuse of pesticide. Now focus should be given on continuous improvement of productivity without harming ecology. That can be done through organic farming or green agriculture.\” M. S. Swaminathan, Father of Green Revolution in India Introduction Sustainable agricultural practises in India dates back to nearly 4000 years and was a

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