Opinion
Smart Agriculture
17 Oct 2022 |
Dr Vibha Dhawan
| Agriculture Today Magazine
India needs a robust and modernized agriculture towards food security for its growing rural and urban population of over 1.3 billion. Smart agriculture must become part of achieving the larger goal of sustainability, writes Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI.
Personal, passenger and heavy vehicle segments need distinct strategies for energy transition
13 Oct 2022 |
| Mr Saswata Chaudhury, TERI and Mr Arijit Das, India Development Foundation
| Mongabay India
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles could be adopted for heavy and passenger vehicles as a long-term approach towards energy transition and net zero, write Mr Saswata Chaudhury, Senior Fellow, Integrated Assessments and Modelling, TERI along with co-author Mr Arijit Das, Fellow, India Development Foundation.
Breakthrough in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment
10 Oct 2022 |
Dr Nupur Bahadur
| eGov magazine
Innovation is the key to achieving SDGs and the technological interventions like TADOX® is particularly required to meet the SDG 6.3, writes Dr. Nupur Bahadur, Senior Fellow and Head, NMCG-TERI Centre of Excellence on Water Reuse, Water Resources Division, TERI.
Demurraging the image of Indian Railways
06 Oct 2022 |
Ms Palak Passi
,Ms Viral Joshi
| The Financial Express
Demurrage is the penalty levied on the user when the free time for loading/unloading goods from the rake has expired, causing detention at the terminal, write Ms Palak Passi, Research Associate and Ms Viral Joshi, Research Associate, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI.
To scale up freight loading onto IR, it is necessary to optimise the turnaround time, says Viral Joshi of TERI
20 Sep 2022 |
Ms Viral Joshi
| ET Infra
Currently, longer travel time, first and last-mile connectivity issues, and cumbersome unloading procedures coupled with strict penal provisions for exceeding prescribed unloading time are impeding the growth of freight loading on Indian Railways, writes Ms Viral Joshi, Research Associate, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI.
Bottom-up EV Adoption
09 Sep 2022 |
Mr Sharif Qamar
,Ms Rhea Srivastava
| The Financial Express
In a country like India, where all cities are densely populated and people often live in buildings with no designated parking space, urban local bodies should provide fast-charging public charging infrastructure, write Mr Sharif Qamar, Area Convener and Rhea Srivastava, Research Associate, Transport and Urban Governance, TERI.
Leverage agroforestry for carbon markets
09 Sep 2022 |
Dr Yogesh Gokhale
,Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| The Financial Express
Incentivise people for nature-based solutions such as community-led biodiversity conservation, agroforestry plantations, etc, where carbon and biodiversity credits can be generated and traded, write Dr Yogesh Gokhale, Senior Fellow & AC and Mr J V Sharma, Consultant & Senior Director, Land Resources, TERI.