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IIT-Kharagpur develops arsenic filter for the aam aadmi

-The Times of India Kolkata: Here's good news for the city where several pockets are contaminated with arsenic-affected water. The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur has developed an ultra-low cost eco-friendly laterite based arsenic filter for providing safe drinking water. The innovation has won Sirshendu De, the head of chemical engineering department, the Innovation Award 2016 from the Indian Desalination Association (South Zone). "In India and Bangladesh, it is generally agreed that arsenic contamination...

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The Shifting Political Economy of Centrally Sponsored Schemes -Pranay Kotasthane

-TheWire.in Action now shifts to the states which will have the first real opportunity to react to a new, and still evolving fiscal landscape One of the most dynamic features over the last three budgets has been the apparent consolidation of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) — schemes like MGNREGA and National Health Mission, which are formulated by the Union government on subjects from the State List to encourage states to prioritise on...

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Green nod leeway for 'white' industries

-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Union environment ministry has reclassified industries depending on their pollution potential, ranging from 60 "red" category units prohibited from ecologically fragile and protected areas to 36 "white" industries that will not require any environmental clearance. The list released today after a year-long internal exercise is intended to appropriately reflect the pollution potential of India's diverse industrial units taking into account their emissions, effluents, hazardous wastes and consumption...

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Unhealthy Budget: Tokenism in the name of catastrophe -Indranil Mukhopadhyay

-The Hindu Business Line The proposed investment in healthcare is inadequate Budget 2015 was catastrophic for health, as investments tanked to a historic low. Against that backdrop, when the Finance Minister talks about measures to tackle catastrophic health events, there’s bound to be some scepticism.     And that deepens on hearing the plan for a ₹ 1 lakh insurance to address catastrophes. Yes, impoverishment due to out-of-pocket expenditure on health is a major...

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Watch farmer incomes to see if Narendra Modi is really transforming India

-AP/Bloomberg Whether Modi can raise farmer incomes without stoking inflation may determine if his economic vision is any different from the previous Congress-led govt New Delhi: Shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in 2014, his first economic plan promised modern cities, manufacturing corridors and bullet trains to aspirational Indians yearning to join a ‘neo middle class.’ This week his latest budget struck a much different tone, listing a slew...

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