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With dwindling water resources, raising food output will be a challenge, says Dr Arvind Kapur, Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Agriculture Division, TERI.
The Union government should allow federalism to function more effectively if it wishes to push human development, says Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI.
Removing institutional bottlenecks will attract foreign and domestic participation in India's nuclear energy programme, says Mr K Ramanathan, Distinguished Fellow, Electricity and Renewables Division, TERI.
It is time for a paradigm shift. The focus needs to shift from GDP growth to the creation of more productive and better-paying jobs, says Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI
This case study highlights the successful implementation of the project carried out by NRL and TERI in Bokakhat town, Golaghat district Assam, North East India. The local farmers were informed about the Solar-Powered Cold Storage through the field staff and the District Agriculture Department. About 40 farmers started using Solar Cold Storage facilities in a year, primarily for storing potatoes, says Mr Ramchandra Pal, Deputy General Manager, Social Transformation & CSR, TERI and Dr. Manjushree Banerjee, Independent Researcher.
State regulators must get Discoms to make demand projection for peaks, and procure and price power accordingly, says Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.
Besides the sanitation aspect, treated wastewater also holds economic value, says Dr Surbhi Tak, Associate Fellow, Circular Economy & Waste Management Division, TERI.
Clean water access is a stepping stone to economic growth, says Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Distinguished Fellow, Water Resources Division, TERI.
India's National Solar Mission was initiated in 2010 when the country's solar power capacity was minimal. It has been a transformative journey as India now has the fourth largest solar power capacity in the world, yet more needs to be done to encourage generation and use of solar power, says Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.