Grappling with the Air Pollution
India’s effort to control air pollution is centred around two major plans—National Clean Air Plan (NCAP) and the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). NCAP focuses…
Democratizing Biodiversity Conservation
The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 was passed with the objective of conserving biology, ensuring its sustainable use and fair and equitable sharing of benefits that…
All is not well
Exactly two years back on the occasion of the International Tiger’s Day, a rise in the population of tigers in India from 2,226 in 2014…
Analysis of Forest Clearances in India, 2020 (January-December)
Each year, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change proudly claims that the forest cover in India has increased. This increase in forest cover…
Analysis of Wildlife Clearances in India, 2020 (January-December)
The National Board for Wildlife has a mandate to “promote the conservation and development of wildlife and forests by such measures as it thinks fit”.…
Environment Clearances of Coal-Fired Power Plants in India 2019-2020
Environmental Clearances granted to coal-based power plants are a useful indicator to study power generation trends in India. This is in view of the fact…