eSocialSciences

	Prakriti Karyashala Case Studies: Villagers Unite Against Illegal Mining
	In Sawar village in Ajmer, over the years private mining companies, extracting stone and marble that is exported all over the world, have progressively encroached on village common lands. Not only h...
	Category: Environment: Industrial Pollution
by Anjali P Iyer \| On 27 Nov 2020

	Now You, the Ciitizen, can Monitor Air Pollution! A Collaborative Experimental Initiative in Maharashtra
	Citizens, journalists and policy makers can now find the state of industrial pollution in their areas with a click. They can log on to the MPCB website (http://mpcb.info) to access report cards of in...
	Category: Environment: Industrial Pollution
by Aritra Chakrabarty \| On 01 Feb 2018

	US-WTO Shadow on India’s Solar Power Plans
	With last week’s WTO ruling against India on a complaint by the US in early 2013 that India’s Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for some solar power projects violating WTO prohibitions, it is incumbe...
	Category: Environment: Industrial Pollution
by D Raghunandan \| On 04 Mar 2016

	Public Opposition Halts Violation of Environmental Norms: Case of APSEZ, Gujarat
	All too often blinded by the dazzle of development people and planners do not see the trail of destruction that accompanies new initiatives. It need not be that way. As the case of Adani Ports and SEZ...
	Category: Environment: Industrial Pollution
by Yogi Aggarwal \| On 24 Feb 2014