Amita Bhaduri

Budget 2021: Environmental conservation or business as usual

The budget has given environmental conservation issues a slip, say experts Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

There is a need to estimate the ecological footprint of all activities. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Need to revamp developmental planning in the Uttarakhand hills

The havoc points to the faultlines in the developmental planning of ecologically sensitive areas. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

The glacial burst in Chamoli is nature’s way of telling the state not to play havoc with the local ecology. (Image: Down to Earth)

Jalabandhus for sustainable service delivery

Water For People develops a cadre of entrepreneurs delivering critical services for water security. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

Bringing life to a dying stream

In Vidarbha, water harvesting restores a nala to a perennial stream Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

The communities are aware of the importance of harvesting and storing rainwater for meeting their needs, and have established several rules and norms for use of common resources. (Image: FES)

Pollution levels rising post-lockdown in cities in south India

How clean air gains of the lockdown and monsoon periods have been now lost with the reopening of the economy and with the onset of the winter. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

Air quality management requires regional approach to implement clean air action plans, says CSE (Image: Pixy)

Multi-purpose cyclone shelters in India

A study finds if multi-purpose cyclone shelters within the neighbourhood are considered safe for cyclone evacuation. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

The Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department looks into the repairing of cyclone and flood shelters across Odisha (Image: Odisha TV)

Economic survey 2020-21: Some highlights

The economic survey recommends integration of agriculture with nutritional outcomes Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

The Economic Survey 2021 pushes for urgent reforms in production and post production in agriculture (Image: PixaHive)

Budget 2021: Will agriculture sector get a boost?

Solutions are needed that will increase productivity while maintaining sustainability Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

The government could consider a shift from the price support system to an income support system. PM-KISAN is a step in that direction, but the assistance under that is lacking. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Budget 2021: Cash transfer and urban employment guarantee can help blunt the economic blow

Expand Rs 500 per month cash transfer to poor non-farmer and urban households: Prof Santosh Mehrotra Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

There should be an increased expenditure in infrastructure to create jobs in the construction sector. (Image: PxHere)

Budget 2021: Policy measures in the nutrition sector

Nutrition interventions need to be strengthened to protect people already at the margin of subsistence. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 9 months ago

Children eating their mid-day meal at a worksite school in Andhra Pradesh (Image: ILO Asia Pacific, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Natural resource management through a gender lens

Need to recognise women, the cogs in the feminisation of Indian agriculture Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

In incorporating female participation, some programmes only added (futile) burden on these women without challenging the current division of labour. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Ecosystem-based approach: The case of Meghalaya

Multilateral action needed for a green post-COVID-19 recovery. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

A living root bridge, a type of simple suspension bridge formed of living plant roots by tree shaping in village Nongriat, Meghalaya (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

India faced with the onslaught of rising temperature

Climate change induced disasters can cause disruption to human well being and the ecosystem. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

2020 was one of the warmest years in India despite La Nina which typically has a cooling effect on global temperatures.(Image: Tumisu, Pixabay)

75% districts and half of India’s population vulnerable to extreme climate events: CEEW study

The study found a shift in the pattern of extreme events in over 40% of Indian districts. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

India is already the fifth most vulnerable country globally in terms of extreme climate events and it is all set to become the world’s flood capital (Image: Geralt, Pixabay license)

The invisible face of agriculture

Women farmers need support in the form of resources, technologies, policies and other actions to level the farming field. The first step is to recognise their role in farming. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

Though women are involved in economic activities of the cropping system but their role is negligible in household decision making and participation (Image: PxHere)

Child malnutrition rises in five years, as per NFHS-5 data

The estimated increase in child stunting is only the tip of the iceberg. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

Children born between 2014 and 2019 are more malnourished than those before. (Image: PxHere)

Mini piped water scheme helps overcome social exclusion

Promoting sustainable systems that facilitate provision of safe water and sanitation to communities in a tribal village. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

Anganwadi Centres now provided with improved toilets and running water (Image: Water For People India)

The challenge of building a technology team in non-profit organisations

Partnering with software organisations that have a good understanding of the social sector is a sustainable long term approach. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

Technology's role in the non-profit sector is increasing and there is a need to help the nonprofit community think creatively about technology. (Image: PxHere)

Climate change: A look through a gender lens

Women are disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

The gendered vulnerabilities due to climate change need to be well-recognized. (Image: Justin Kernoghan, Trocaire, Wikimedia Commons)

Should we bet more on historians than engineers to sort flooding?

How the historian's method is invaluable in developing an understanding of floods. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

Need to consider the perspective of the historians who see floods as a naturally occurring event. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)