-Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Delhi The report Regulating Urban Trees in India: Issues and Challenges by Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon (published in July, 2022), highlights the scope and functions of a dozen tree laws implemented in different states in India. The implementation of these laws has come to public focus in recent years due to the growing number of cases of large-scale tree felling in Indian cities. The government use of mechanisms...
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Men feel contraception is women's business: Survey
-The Tribune Also think women using contraception become promiscuous Over three-quarters, accounting for 77 per cent of men aged 15 to 49 years in Punjab feel that contraception is a women’s business and a man should not have to worry about it, a national survey has revealed. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), conducted by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, through the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, has...
More »Women’s lives get harder in Bundelkhand as water scarcity grows -Jigyasa Mishra
-TheThirdPole.net Up to 70% of women in parts of the drought-prone region in central India are affected by acute water shortages, according to one NGO estimate Every day during the summer months, Kamlawati Yadav wakes up at 6 am and walks half a kilometre to a house with a private borewell. “Getting water is the first thing I do,” Kamlawati says. “I carry one water container on my head and a second...
More »With 97 cr people unable to afford healthy diet, India closer to Africa, UN report says -Sayantan Bera
-ThePrint.in India home to almost 1/3 of 307 crore people who can't afford healthy diet worldwide, according to report released by UN Food and Agriculture Organization Wednesday. New Delhi: A cross-country comparison on the affordability of healthy diets shows that over 97 crore Indians, or about 71 per cent of the country’s population, are unable to afford nutritious food — compared to a 43.5 per cent figure for Asia overall, and 80...
More »India still among countries with poor access to banking: Report -Madhumita Paul
-Down to Earth More than half of population without access to banking lives in 7 developing countries: World Bank India is among seven countries home to half the world’s 1.4 billion adults without access to formal banking, a recent World Bank report has flagged. The report also noted that in Sub-Saharan Africa, young adults (ages 15–24) make up almost 40 per cent of those without access to banking. But in some European and...
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