Op-ed

This article originally appeared on The Times of India. An oft-repeated saying in India is that our environmental laws are good, but their implementation is poor. I have always disagreed with this simply because the primary reason for a law’s poor implementation lies in its flawed design. Most environmental laws in India are designed using […]

This post originally appeared on The Times of India. As part of the stimulus package to revive the economy, the Union government has announced a slew of measures to boost production and reduce imports of coal. It has liberalised the sector, curtailed the monopoly of Coal India Limited (CIL), and has announced an investment of

This article originally appreared on the Financial Express. Contrary to the claims made by the Delhi government, air pollution in the city has deteriorated significantly since 2012. There is an irony being played out in Delhi. While the national capital is reeling under one of its worst spells of air pollution, the Delhi government is

This article orriginally appeared in Gaon Connection भारतीय पर्यटन उद्योग से हर साल लगभग 250 मिलियन टन से अधिक कार्बन डाई ऑक्साइड का उत्सर्जन होता है, जो कि भारत के कुल CO2 उत्सर्जन का लगभग 10% है। चिंताजनक बात यह है कि यह आंकड़ा साल दर साल तेजी से बढ़ता जा रहा है। क्या होगा यदि

This article originally appeared on Financial Express. Even after enacting four major legislations in the last 20 years, we have not been able to eliminate even one single-use plastic product. I am glad that the Union government didn’t announce any ban on single-use plastic products on the October 2, 2019. It is not that I