Selected Tag: Climate change
Selected Tag: Climate change

Trimmed Mean Inflation: Cutting Through the Noise—or Trimming Reality?

Trimmed mean inflation can cut through volatile price swings and sharpen the policy signal. But it also risks becoming a convenient metric that bears little resemblance to the inflation households actually feel.

Deepa Vasudevan

July 17, 2026 at 3:26 AM IST

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India’s Water Crisis Is the Price of Years of Policy Neglect

India's water crisis did not begin with this year's weak monsoon. It is the result of years of treating water as an abundant resource.

G. Chandrashekhar

July 3, 2026 at 6:45 AM IST

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Five Forces That Will Shape India’s Commodity-Driven Future

India’s economic rise will be powered by commodities, but five global forces will test how wisely it balances ambition, resilience and resource needs.

G. Chandrashekhar

October 31, 2025 at 6:15 AM IST

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The Investor’s Dilemma: Why Our Minds Struggle to Buy a Greener Future

Investors know the value of sustainability yet struggle to act on it. The real challenge isn’t money; it’s mindset, shaped by systems that reward the short term.

Kirti Tarang Pande

October 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM IST

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Self-Sufficiency Will Need More Than Just Pulses Mission 

Missions are okay, but India must modernise the whole production and marketing ecosystem to become self-sufficient in pulses.

G. Chandrashekhar

October 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM IST

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India Should Stop Being Measly On Its Green Spends

India’s budget for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has seen only marginal increases in the last two fiscals, falling short of urgent environmental needs. Notably, the climate action plan allocation from 2022-23 was scrapped in later years. A significant funding boost is imperative.

Anuradha Altekar

January 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM IST

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Flawed Design, Poor Planning Make Extreme Heat Conditions Worse For Indian Cities
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