Weekly News and Policy Updates

India experiments with parametric insurance to mitigate costs of disasters

India has experienced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world between 2000 and 2019 and it has been predicted that the frequency and intensity of natural disasters will continue to increase leading to huge losses and damages that the states may be unable to pay for.

Water woes threaten India's credit rating, Moody's warns

Nagi and Nakti wetlands in Bihar get recognition under the Ramsar convention

Poor air quality, emissions drag India down in Environmental Performance Index

Solar powered irrigation has led to improvement in the nutritional status of Chattisgarh tribals 

Concerned about arsenic in food, NGT seeks government response

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in India has taken notice of a media report suggesting the presence of arsenic in food, particularly rice.

An innovative bioengineering technology implemented under the PMGSY has saved Nog village in Himachal from floods

When heavy rainfall led to floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, one village stood out. This is the village of Nog where landslides and floods did not have an impact because of the innovative soil bioengineering approach implemented in the area. 

SC orders probe into illegal tree felling in Delhi Ridge, criticises DDA for environmental damage

Villages in the forested foothills of Niyamgiri revive climate resilient paddy and millets to become food secure

CWRDM to formulate implementing a revised approach to environmental flow calculations