Raising women’s marriage age to 21 is move towards empowerment
India has taken a progressive step to realise Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Goal 5 categorically asks nation-states to formulate policies to […]
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Gender equality: A long way to go before India meets its SDG 2030 goals
By Gayatri Vinayak According to the SDG India Index Baseline 2018 report, released by think tank NITI Aayog in association with the United Nations, India […]
Israeli tech can assuage India’s worst water crisis
By Sandipan Dasgupta In June 2018, NITI Aayog, the policy think-tank arm of Government of India, published a report titled, “Composite Water Management Index” on […]
Water scarcity made worse by theft
By A NARAYANAMOORTHY and P ALLI Illegal diversion by private tankers and rampant misuse by beverage and packaged water units have to be checked The […]
India still needs to work on gender parity and exports: Niti Aayog
“While India has focussed on innovation, infrastructure, structural reforms and ease of doing business, a lot of work still needs to be done on gender […]
21 Indian Cities Projected to Run Out of Groundwater by 2020, Report Says
By Pam Wright At a Glance Nearly 600 million people face high to extreme water stress in the country. Seventy-five percent of all households do not have water […]
Agriculture R&D spend: A reality check
By BHUWAN BHASKAR To fulfil its objective of doubling farm incomes by 2022, the govt must hike R&D spend and facilitate private investments The Indian economy […]
Using agriculture to tackle the water crisis
Research and development in water-efficient crops, along with investment in alternative modes of irrigation, are a must NITI Aayog’s recent report, “Composite Water Management Index”, […]
IBM bets big on agriculture, to help farmers scale up
By Vishal Krishna IBM’s subsidiary the Weather Company has already worked with 70 startups and wants to reach out to more through Niti Aayog. India has […]
In managing water, Surat takes lead
Municipality to supply 115 MLD treated water to meet industrial requirement by March 2019 India’s ‘Diamond City’ offers a lesson for the country’s ever-expanding cities […]