Does government favour land pooling over land acquisition?

Government decides to exempt Amravati residents from paying taxes for giving their land for the new capital

Smart city financing laden with trouble

Allocation of funds is not equitable even as local bodies face difficulties in generating money

Bond, green bond

India has finally entered the green bond market, but at a time when the bonds are not doing well globally. Have we missed the bus?

How to make sure Biden’s infrastructure plan can hold up to climate change — and save money

Several US cities are now considering hurricane defense systems, and the future protection they will actually need to prevent flooding is unknown …

By spending just 3% more on infra, developing nations can save $4.2 trillion: World Bank

Making assets climate resilient can help these countries earn $4 for each $1 spent, according to the report

Too early to celebrate

Ecological well-being of Jammu & Kashmir stands at a critical juncture

Impending deforestation, shrinking lakes and potential lithium mining pose significant environmental challenges

Ideas India

The book celebrates bold enterprises of ordinary Indians

Green nod to 87 development projects in 2 years; 2.3 million trees to be felled: MoEFCC

Of these infrastructure projects, three highway projects will fall in Protected Areas

Drying up of an empire

Water crisis behind the decline of Angkor Wat

From the blurbs

Indian finance minister urges states to attract industry and market

Panchayats have to attract industry and market

Failed Net Zero pledges: Just 0.3% renewable energy produced by 12 European Big Oil companies in 2022

Only 7.3% ($7.09 billion) of companies’ 2022 investments went towards green energy, rest 92.7% ($87.95bn) spent on fossil fuel …

Elephant Whisperers: It can promote a nuanced understanding of the pachyderm-human relationship, say experts

However, expecting it to help generate solutions to the complex problems concerning wild as well as captive elephants in India is a tall order

Kerala’s high-speed rail project may turn into environmental disaster, flag experts

The high-speed railway line will reduce travel time between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod district to four hours; but experts have …

Delhi government budget: are we losing public transport agenda of aam aadmi?

The new budget is a step back and a gross deviation from some of the early budgetary promises we got in June 2015

Destination Bihar

Migration trends in Bihar are changing, causing labour shortage in several states. A few studies investigate the reasons and patterns

Is urbanising rural Odisha sustainable and resilient?

Infrastructure development is necessary and urbanisation is a choice, but not at the cost of sustainability of rural areas

Writing on the wall: Infrastructure projects are destroying Western Ghats

The time to put off the inevitable question about human relationship to nature is long past. Our assumption that we can control and modify nature …

Tying up with sanitation ecosystems

It is imperative to reimagine the role of the corporate beyond funding and infrastructure creation to achieve a sustainable sanitation ecosystem

India’s urban floods: Why we need to look at nature-based solutions

Solutions to reduce the loss of lives and livelihoods from urban floods; Can be exercised by individuals and local govts

Green investment banks can unlock private finance for green infrastructure: Report

Centralised expertise in an independent institution can be an effective for drawing larger inflows of private capital

Polavaram in tender turmoil

Court questions awarding of tender for mega dam to a disqualified consortium  

Mumbai transport

Congestion in the skies is costing India dearly