India’s faulty mining policy

This blog emerges from a detailed discussion between Dr Sulagna Chattopadhyay, Editor in Chief, and Dr Srinivas Goli, Associate Professor in Demography at the International Institute for Population Sc...
This blog emerges from a two-part conversation investigating the evolving understanding of sustainability by tracing its roots through geological epochs, civilizational collapses, demographic surges,...
Submarines are among the most secretive and sophisticated military assets in the modern world. Designed for stealth and endurance, they offer nations unmatched control in underwater operations and det...
The New Mining and Mineral Exploration Policy 2015 aims at bringing transparency through e-auctioning of lease. However, the concerns of the mining community need to be taken into account to make mini...
India’s freshwater resource is a natural endowment that enables its economy and human settlement patterns. The resource comprises of river systems, groundwater and wetlands. Each of these has characte...
India with a 7500 km long coastline and about 2.02 million sq km area within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) offers immense scope for exploration and sustainable utilisation of marine resources. Wit...
The New Mining and Mineral Exploration Policy 2015 aims at bringing transparency through e-auctioning of lease. However, the concerns of the mining community need to be taken into account to make mining environment friendly, economically viable and socially acceptable.
India’s freshwater resource is a natural endowment that enables its economy and human settlement patterns. The resource comprises of river systems, groundwater and wetlands. Each of these has characteristic linkage to other environmental entities.
India with a 7500 km long coastline and about 2.02 million sq km area within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) offers immense scope for exploration and sustainable utilisation of marine resources. With this as a prominent facet, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India established the National Data Buoy Programme (NDBP) in 1997 at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Chennai....