Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri, Paavani Pegatraju"Making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century. It must be the top, top priority for everyone, everywhere" - Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General.Interlinkages of Rivers (ILR) has been floating since...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi AgarwalAdivasi constitutes 8.8 percent of the total population and 12 percent of the rural population. There are more than 705 Adivasi groups spread across the country, however, they are largely concentrated in the north-eastern...
Simi Mehta, Anshula MehtaThe “Employer of Last Resort” (ELR) policy by the government is crucial for a sustained recovery process.”“Extraordinary times require extraordinary macro policy responses. We are facing a dual crisis – the public health crisis and the...
Simi MehtaWater Governance poses one of the biggest challenges in modern-day India that looks out for definitive solutions. How this scare water resource is to be allocated? How to generate livelihood in the food-energy nexus? How to keep the...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta'Gender' is the social construction of our identity. It defines a way of co-relating with each other through one's experiences, mainly determined by our gender identity. Men and women are inserted into the patriarchal system of...
Utpal K De, Simi Mehta, Sajili OberoiBhutan is currently on top of the list in the happiness index in the world. The carbon footprint here has been deeply controlled in the policy design for sustainable development and welfare of...
Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri, Anshula Mehta, Nikhil Jacob, Manoswini SarkarThe Union Budget 2021 is touted to be the mother of all budgets since it comes when the country is grappling its way out of the pandemic. In pursuit of...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Manoswini Sarkar‘Urbanisation holds out both the bright promise of an unequalled future and the grave threat of unparalleled disaster, and what it will depend on is what we do today...unless a revolution in urban problem...
Simi Mehta, Anshula MehtaState response to emergency events (manmade and natural) looks at the relationship between the citizen and itself as contractual. The focus of the state is located in verification and compensation. Paramount importance is given to the...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Manoswini Sarkar"Poorly managed urban growth and development in a rapidly urbanizing India has exacerbated inequalities, exclusion, and vulnerabilities, especially among the marginalized population" highlighted Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay in a webinar organized by Center for Habitat,...
