Policy Brief
SDG Blueprint for Sustainable Agriculture
27 Mar 2024
| Madhuparna Maiti
| Palak Khanna
| Shailly Kedia
| Shivangi Raj
| Manish Anand
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) contain seventeen goals which have a bearing on multiple issue areas including agriculture. This study sought to develop an SDG Blueprint to inform integrated approaches to sustainable agriculture at the national level in India. It is crucial that the lenses of sustainable development, climate action, value chains, and multi-stakeholder approaches be considered for sustainable agriculture to contribute towards food security, livelihoods, and ecosystem integrity. The scope of the study was to examine the national policy interface of sustainable agriculture with SDGs.
Working Paper on 'Harnessing opportunities for a Just Transition in India'
24 Jun 2021
| Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya
| Ms Ruchi Gupta
| Dr G Mini
| Mr Saswata Chaudhury
| Ms Mani Juneja
| Mr Kartikey Sharma
Just Transition needs to consider a broad range of social and economic sectors, geographic locations, diverse stakeholders and time horizons
Working Paper on 'Assessing vulnerability from coal dependence and need for a Just Transition'
24 Jun 2021
| Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya
| Ms Ruchi Gupta
| Dr G Mini
| Mr Saswata Chaudhury
| Ms Mani Juneja
| Mr Kartikey Sharma
The paper examines the linkages surrounding the Indian coal economy and the potential fallout in terms of eventual phasing out of coal
Contextualising Blue Economy in Asia-Pacific region
22 Mar 2021
| Ms Mani Juneja
| Ms Christina De Souza
| Ms Asha L Giriyan
| Ms Swati Ganeshan
The share of Blue Economy in the GDP of Asia-Pacific countries goes up to as high as 87% in some island nations in the region
G20 Circular Carbon Economy: Fostering Circularity in Plastics
27 Oct 2020
| Dr Shilpi Kapur
| Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya
| Ms Rachel A. Meidl
Fostering circularity in plastic use is an effective way to reduce contamination of marine and coastal environments with plastics and man-made debris. However, there are many challenges down this path.
भारत में गवेषण एवं खनन: गहन खोज का समय
14 Sep 2020
| Mr S Vijay Kumar
भारत में खनिजों के लिए सर्वाधिक भू-वैज्ञानिक संभावनाएं हैं। ऊपरी सतह अथवा उससे कुछ नीचे स्थित अधिकांश खनिज खोजे जा चुके हैं और गहराई में छिपे हुए खनिज निक्षेपण के लिए एक गहन खोज की आवश्यकता है। इसका अभिप्राय है नवीनतम प्रौद्योकियों के द्वारा सतत आधार पर गवेषण किए जाएं।
Strategy for fostering Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in Goa
14 Jul 2020
| Dr Shilpi Kapur
| Ms Ashwini Pai Panandiker
| Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya
| Ms Mehar Kaur
| Ms Anoushka Khatri
The strategy paper for Goa presents an overall state-level action plan to mainstream resource efficiency and circular economy and foster sustainable management of resources in the state.
Women in agriculture: Enhancing their role and promoting sustainability and livelihood support
26 May 2020
| Ms Preeti Madan
| Dr Manish Anand
| Dr G Mini
The paper looks at enhancing the role of women in agriculture and allied activities and providing institutional support
Mineral auctions in India: Winner's curse or owner's pride?
23 Mar 2020
| Mr S Vijay Kumar
| Mr R K Sinha
Exploration and Mining in India: Time for a deeper look
09 Sep 2019
| Mr S Vijay Kumar
Exploration needs to be strongly incentivised using the private sector's risk taking ability if we are to find all the minerals we need for our development