Tag Search: “pollution”
Challenges of solid waste management: The case of Patna city
Rapid urbanisation with insufficient planning has led to problems of solid waste management in several Indian cities. In this note, Uma Sarmistha discusses preliminary findings from a field study in t...
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Uma Sarmistha
25 January, 2021
- Notes from the Field
Agricultural worker exits and crop fires
While the process of moving workers from low- to high-productivity sectors is considered critical for economic development, its environmental impact remains largely unexplored. This article shows that...
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Hemant Kumar Pullabhotla
22 December, 2020
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Reducing the flow of plastic to oceans in India
Growing consumer demands are causing the generation of colossal amounts of plastic waste, and the poor state of waste management implies that large proportions of this litter is making its way into th...
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Shiv Kumar
Ravinder Kumar
Siddhi Mankad
Poornima Sheelanere
18 December, 2020
- Notes from the Field
Pollution from coal-based power units and anaemic status of children and women
An extensive literature has considered the impact of air pollution on health. While studies have mainly focussed on outcomes such as general morbidity and mortality, this article evaluates the impact ...
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Sourangsu Chowdhury
Gaurav Datt
Sagnik Dey
Pushkar Maitra
Nidhiya Menon
Ranjan Ray
02 December, 2020
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Tracking India’s greenhouse gas emission intensity target
One of the targets in India’s ‘Nationally Determined Contributions’ under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is to reduce the greenhouse gas emission intensity of GDP by 33-35%...
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Manisha Jain
21 August, 2020
- Perspectives
Covid-19, population, and pollution: A roadmap for the future
The impact of the ongoing Covid pandemic is turning out to be multidimensional, and among the long-run considerations that it has brought to the fore are population and pollution. In the run up to Wor...
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Shweta Gupta
Rishabh Mahendra
03 June, 2020
- Perspectives
Covid-19: Green stimulus to revive a comatose economy
The economic impacts of Covid-19 in India are likely to be quite steep. Singh and Mohan contend that any stimulus package to restart the economy has to be ‘green’; it must encourage an economic path t...
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Aniruddh Mohan
Madalsa Singh
06 May, 2020
- Perspectives
Delhi’s air: Parikshit Ghosh speaks with Mohan P George
Edited excerpts from an in-depth interview with Dr. Mohan P George (Senior Scientist, Delhi Pollution Control Committee), conducted by Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the I4I Editorial Board; Associate Pro...
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Parikshit Ghosh
Mohan P. George
11 March, 2020
- Perspectives
The child health impacts of coal: Evidence from India’s coal expansion
In recent years, electricity generation from coal has rapidly increased in India. This article explores the consequences of India’s large and ongoing coal plant expansion on child health and human cap...
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Sangita Vyas
28 February, 2020
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IGC Panel Discussion: Pollution, climate change, and growth in India
In September 2019, the International Growth Centre (IGC) organised a panel discussion in New Delhi to bring together experts to deliberate on issues related to pollution, climate change, and growth in...
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Manish Kumar Prasad
24 February, 2020
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Early-life exposure to air pollution: Effect on child health in India
More than half of Indian population gets exposed to PM2·5 greater than the annual limit recommended by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. This article examines the effect of outdoor air pollu...
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Kunal Bali
Sourangsu Chowdhury
Sagnik Dey
Prachi Singh
02 January, 2020
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How much do households contribute to ambient air pollution in India?
Burning solid fuels like firewood in homes for cooking, heating, and other energy services is the single largest source of air pollution exposure in India. In this post, Chowdhury, Chafe, Pillarisetti...
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Zoë Chafe
Sourangsu Chowdhury
Sagnik Dey
Sarath Guttikunda
Jos Lelieveld
Ajay Pillarisetti
19 August, 2019
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