Small Holder Farmers and the Missing Piece in Business

NITI Aayog has recently drawn an exhaustive plan for achieving the target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022-23 through a seven-point strategy. The government proclaims to give emphasis on raising farmers’ income rather than increasing the agriculture output (Press Trust of India, 2017). The contribution of agriculture to GDP was …

Waste does Matter

MSW generation rates are usually influenced by economic development, degree of industrialisation, public habits and local climate. Generally, higher the economic development and rate of urbanisation, the greater is the amount of solid waste produced. Income level and urbanisation are highly correlated. With increasing disposable incomes and living standards, consumption …

Role of Non-state actors in promoting Green Public Procurement

The answer to the question Public procurement rules in India are rather complex and a labyrinth of clauses and interjecting sub-clauses. In a diverse country like India, assimilation and dissemination of public procurement data is ridden by inefficiencies and imperviousness. The national government has tried to address the impervious nature …

Achieving the SDGs through legislation in Sikkim

The United Nations sponsored Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by 193 member states came into effect in January 2016. India, being one of the member states, has set up the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog which is the nodal body responsible for facilitating and reporting on India’s progress …