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Penalties were sharply increased under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act but enforcement is in the hands of state-level institutions and the stringent provisions under the MVA have been consciously diluted, leaving the citizens responsible for their destiny, writes Mr Sharif Qamar, Associate Director and Ms Shreya Gupta, Research Associate, Transport & Urban Governance Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
The transition to a sustainable agricultural package is no longer just an environmental ideal; it is an economic and public health necessity. By restoring Soil Organic Carbon, TERI provide farmers with a path out of stagnating yields and rising debts writes Dr Pushplata Singh, Director, Sustainable Agriculture Division, TERI.
Few countries today can engage comfortably with advanced and developing economies while carrying influence with both writes Mr Ajai Malhotra, Distinguished Fellow & Senior Advisor (Climate Change), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
The geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have added a new dimension to India’s energy transition, writes Dr Saswata Chaudhury, Senior Fellow, Energy Assessment & Modelling Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Effective water management cannot be achieved through government action alone; it must evolve into a community-driven movement, with Jan Bhagidari at its core, write Ms Girija K Bharat, Managing Director, Mu Gamma Consultants and Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Senior Advisor, Water Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI.
Geopolitical realities that prevented Russia-India-China format from evolving into a more strategic grouping two decades ago remain, writes Mr Ajai Malhotra, Distinguished Fellow and Senior Advisor, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India’s rapid expansion of solar energy has created a critical need for large-scale energy storage systems to manage intermittency, ensure grid reliability, and fully realize the benefits of its renewable energy transition, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, Electricity & Renewables Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Maharashtra's experience demonstrates that decentralized agricultural solarization can significantly reduce electricity subsidy burdens, improve DISCOM financial sustainability, and support reliable renewable energy integration through feeder-level solarization and solar pump deployment, write Dr Arunendra Kumar Tiwari, Fellow, Electricity and Renewables Division; Ms Shubhangi Choudhary, Consultant, TERI.
India's rapid urban growth is consuming huge amounts of water during construction, but the absence of national benchmarks, monitoring, and regulation for construction-related water use creates a major gap in urban water governance and sustainability, writes Ms Tarishi Kaushik, Fellow, Sustainable Buildings Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
The solution lies in shifting from appliance-level approaches to system-level optimisation writes Mr Ankit Gupta, Fellow and Ms Ishita Bhar, Research Associate, Electricity and Renewables Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).