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Inter-linkages between MSMEs and High Impact Sectors
TARAgram Yatra 2017, eighth in the annual event series of Development Alternatives, focused on developing ‘Economies for People and Planet’. While attempting to understand the economies that are sustainable, the yatra tried to explore various driving forces that are responsible for developing an ecosystem to support a sustainable economy. The …
Keeping People and Planet in Mind while making India’s Economic Choices
Indian economy, over the last one year, has witnessed announcement and execution of various schemes that has resulted in distortions in the economy, the most recent one being demonetisation. Various government schemes and programmes announced by the government including like Renewable energy, Smart City programme, Skill India Mission, Make in …
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 …
Green Public Procurement – A Potential Game Changer for India
Green Public Procurement (GPP) may be simply defined as “public procurement for a better environment”. Green Public Procurement in other words can also be understood as a process whereby government and its agencies seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life-cycle when compared …
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 …