Perspectives

Policy Edits.

Policy Editorials.

Is India ready for a cycling revolution?

The only thing that is needed is for different sections of the governments to work together and develop a comprehensive national policy.

As millets turn food of choice in cities, traders reap a rich harvest

Some perceive a need for a linkage of traders with farmer-producer organisations to overcome issues of millet supply and pricing

This is not the future we want

Any decent ecological assessment of a project needs a year of study (over all seasons), so the 180 days limit means short-cuts.

It’s time to tax groundwater use

For the country’s food security and for alleviating poverty, Water Conservation Fee is definitely the much-awaited reform.

United by spirituality, divided by religion

What constitutes right conduct – to understand the pain of another, to help those in distress and to serve with humility

Swimming camels, mangrove islands of Kachchh face mounting challenges

“We don’t want grains or a house; just give us our grazing land.”

Restoring tank irrigation can strengthen rural climate resilience

A comprehensive water policy that includes tank irrigation, groundwater and canal irrigation, is needed.

G Nammalvar, messiah of organic revolution

"Farming is a way of living, and a way of living that is possible even in the 21st century.”

परीघ विस्तारण्यासाठी (in Marathi)

सरकारनं स्वत:च्या प्राथमिक, मध्यम, उच्चस्तरीय आरोग्यसेवा सुधारल्या पाहिजेत आणि कोणत्याही मध्यस्थाशिवाय गरजेप्रमाणं खासगी सेवा विकत घ्यायला हव्यात.