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Green Transition in India: Hurdles, opportunities, and future of the EV market

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a historic announcement at COP26, pledging to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2070. The decision is a bold step that will require well-defined, evidence-based policy action to achieve tangible results. Over the decades, the engagement on climate change has transformed from being a topic of discussion among …

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Digital Push to Agriculture is Unavoidable

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The Digital Revolution(DR) has accelerated growth and created new jobs, facilitating speedier globalisation and poverty reduction. The advent of new technologies has encouraged GVCs that contribute a significant share of GDP. The economic interdependence of countries has also increased despite apprehensions and reservations of the Less Developed Countries (LDCs).  Digital innovations have impacted all sectors …

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Has Farming Become Ineffectual?

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Self-reliance in agricultural development was the stipulated target of the First Five Year Plan 1951-56. This is in stark contrast to the dismal condition of farming in India due to the shifting paradigm of development which focuses on the growth of the service sector. Has this tremendous shift rendered farming ineffectual? Farmers and agricultural labourers …

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What Does UGC’s Move for Greater Academia-Industry Engagement Mean for Women in STEM?

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In what could be a policy change of the decade in the higher education space in India, the University Grant Commission (UGC) recently approved draft guidelines under which professionals like civil servants, engineers, lawyers, artists, and media persons with 15 years of experience might be able to teach at universities and colleges without a Ph.D. …

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Integrating the Technological Revolution with Public Health

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The past few years have been fraught with stories of trauma, unperceivable loss, and inspiring struggles. However, one silver lining which has emerged from times of Covid-19, is how the pandemic has brought to focus the renewed commitment to ‘Healthcare’. Prior to this global health crisis, the zeal toward ensuring proper implementation of Sustainable Development …

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The Importance of Inculcating an Entrepreneurial Mindset Among the Youth

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The Indian economy has witnessed the brink of transition through the process of economic liberalisation undertaken in 1991 which shifted the focus from government owned entities to private players, while attracting foreign investment and decreasing inflation rates through open market competition. Despite such elaborate mechanisms, the effect of rise in GDP could only be observed …

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India’s Coal Crisis: how were government policies responsible?

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Energy security concerns are a crucial component structuring Indian national and international policy impacting our country’s national development and economic self-sufficiency, its global positioning as an economic and political power and its strategic advantages in international relations. Energy security also emerges as a particularly relevant concern given the contrast between India’s aims of increasing digitalisation …

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