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Sanitation for All
Development is closely connected with good health and sanitation demands utmost priority for a successful nation.
Rural-Urban Divide in Health Status
Health is a critical dimension of human development as outlined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, India is still grappling with the persistent rural - urban divide. The nation today...
Freshwater in India
Prioritising the future need for water demands stringent laws. It is imperative that a state-driven directive is put in place to ensure adequate and save coverage.
Jewels in my Backyard: Amazing Spiders of Andamans
Dark brown, hairy, venomous, creatures of the dark - these are some of the thoughts that spring to our minds when we hear the word ‘spider’. But in reality, they are far from being a fright. Unique an...
Rasikbil: The dying wetland
Situated at the foothill of Sintura Hill, Coochbehar, West Bengal, Rasikbil is a land of winged beauties. Or at least used to be. With an ever increasing tourist rush the bird count is dropping and Ra...
India’s Elders-Challenges to Inclusive Growth
Changing demography of the country, specifically age related structural changes can have serious implications for India in terms of its inclusive growth policy. The paper analyses the kind of changes...
Land Degradation-Environment and Food Security
In developing countries like India, land degradation has been hastened in recent times due to burgeoning population and the amplified exploitation of natural resources. Land degradation undermines liv...
Sustainable Land Management
India accounts for about 2.4 per cent of the world’s geographical area but supports about 17 per cent of the world’s human population and more than 15 per cent of its livestock.
Cleaning Soils with Phytoremediation
Heavy metal pollution has led researchers to look for its containment in various ways. Of the several chemical and physical technologies available, phytoremediation, the use of plants to remediate env...
Risks and Challenges of Sustainable Waste Management
Waste can be a resource instead of being the increasing solid, liquid and gaseous burden that it has become. Urban solid or liquid waste management is considered as one of the most recognised, serious...