Europe gives India an opportunity to counter China’s BRI

Interestingly, the European Union foreign ministers this week gathered in Brussels to announce a new global infrastructure-connectivity initiative to provide an alternative to the BRI. It’s no coincidence that the EU project has come in the wake of the 27-member bloc...

चीड़ वनों को मिश्रित वनों में बदलें

इस समय विपरीत सुधार वानिकी की जरूरत है। यानी जिन वनों और चरागाहों को जबरदस्ती एकल चीड़ रोपणियों में बदला गया है, उन्हें फिर से मिश्रित वनों और स्वस्थ चरागाहों में बदला जाए। हिमाचल प्रदेश में साठ प्रतिशत से अधिक वन भूमि होने के बावजूद चारे का संकट होने से ही पता चल...

Business and Human Rights under India’s new labour codes

Baseline rights of workers in India have traditionally been dealt with under numerous,often overlapping, labour laws and overseen by multiple regulators. The approach hasmostly been a compliance (tick the box) exercise with hardly any emphasis on businesses’...

Delhi Master Plan: Planning a city by excluding the people

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) recently released the Draft Delhi Master Plan, 2041 and has invited comments and objections from the general public. When read on its own, the Master Plan draft is, at most levels, a repetition of the objectives as stated in the...