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Climate on the Floor

India’s Parliamentary Discourse on Environment since the Paris Agreement. This report examines the evolution of India’s ...

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More Than a Delayed Monsoon

India’s southwest monsoon has entered the season on a worrying note, with rainfall running 35% below normal and cent...

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Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

INDIA’S 2025 was a year of unrelenting climate catastrophe. Extreme climatic events battered the country on 99 per...

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Barking up the wrong tree : A critique of the misdirected and wasteful push for Carbon Capture in the Budget

Background : The still rising global green house gases emissions (the 2025 global CO2 emissions of an estimated 38.1 bil...

Energy General National Finance Post-Budget Series 2026 Union Budget

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Why India’s Budget Must Wear a Climate Lens

Climate emergency is simultaneously also the crisis of labour and livelihood, health and agriculture and biodiversity,...

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चरम मौसम की घटनाएं जानलेवा साबित हो रहा है

भारत में चरम मौसम (एक्स्ट्रीम वेदर ) तेजी से बढ़ रहे हैं और अब यह केवल मौसमी उतार–चढ़ाव नहीं, बल्कि जीवन और आजीविका...

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Extreme Weather, Unequal Impact: India’s Growing Divide | Editorial | Finance Matters, 21 November 2025

India’s growing climate crisis is now impossible to overlook. A new Climate Risk Index by Germanwatch ranks India ninth ...

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Who Benefits from RBI’s Reforms? | Finance Matters, 27 June 2025 | Editorial

The Reserve Bank of India’s latest economic review paints a mixed picture. On the surface, India’s growth appears strong...

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प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण – एक जानलेवा संकट

आधुनिक विकास के नाम पर जिन ‘भस्मासुरों’ को बनाया, बढ़ाया जा रहा है, प्लास्टिक उनमें से एक है। कुल-जमा सौ-सवा सौ साल पहले...

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The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The latest Indus Valley report in fact shows that India’s consuming class is today just a thin layer of 10% and th...

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October 1, 2026

Hajira Puthige

India’s Parliamentary Discourse on Environment since the Paris Agreement. This report examines the evolution of India’s legislative engagement with the climate crisis during the critical decade following the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015. As the world’s largest democracy and one o...

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September 16, 2026

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More Than a Delayed Monsoon

India’s southwest monsoon has entered the season on a worrying note, with rainfall running 35% below normal and central India recording a deficit of 63%. While June rainfall shortages are not uncommon, the current situation is unfolding against the backdrop of a developing El Niño event that glo...

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September 16, 2026

Dr Vishvaja Sambath, Joe Athialy, Anirban Bhattacharya, Shivam Dwivedi

Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

INDIA’S 2025 was a year of unrelenting climate catastrophe. Extreme climatic events battered the country on 99 per cent of days from January to November, devastating 17.4 million hectare of crops and claiming over 4,400 lives. The “Year of Extremes” brought heat waves that scorched Delhi, floo...

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September 16, 2026

Soumya Dutta

Barking up the wrong tree : A critique of the misdirected and wasteful push for Carbon Capture in the Budget

Background : The still rising global green house gases emissions (the 2025 global CO2 emissions of an estimated 38.1 billion tons was 1.1% higher than 2024 emissions, which itself was 0.8% higher than 2023 emissions) are driving us towards a serious climate change crisis. An urgent shift of all econ...

Energy General National Finance Post-Budget Series 2026 Union Budget

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January 29, 2026

Vishvaja Sambath and Amitanshu Verma

Why India’s Budget Must Wear a Climate Lens

Climate emergency is simultaneously also the crisis of labour and livelihood, health and agriculture and biodiversity, and a direct outcome of our industrial and infrastructural development.Water droplets being sprayed through the new mist spray system, installed to curb air pollution, in New Delh...

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December 2, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

चरम मौसम की घटनाएं जानलेवा साबित हो रहा है

भारत में चरम मौसम (एक्स्ट्रीम वेदर ) तेजी से बढ़ रहे हैं और अब यह केवल मौसमी उतार–चढ़ाव नहीं, बल्कि जीवन और आजीविका के लिए गंभीर खतरा बन चुके हैं। हीटवेव, बाढ़, चक्रवात, सूखा, बादल फटना, आकाशिय बिजली गिरने, समुद्री तूफान और हिमालयी क्षेत्रों में ग्लेशियर झील फटना जैसी घटनाएं पिछले एक दशक में रि...

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November 26, 2025

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Extreme Weather, Unequal Impact: India’s Growing Divide | Editorial | Finance Matters, 21 November 2025

India’s growing climate crisis is now impossible to overlook. A new Climate Risk Index by Germanwatch ranks India ninth among the countries most severely affected by extreme weather in the last 30 years. In this period, the country saw nearly 430 extreme events, including heat waves, floods, storms,...

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July 3, 2025

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Who Benefits from RBI’s Reforms? | Finance Matters, 27 June 2025 | Editorial

The Reserve Bank of India’s latest economic review paints a mixed picture. On the surface, India’s growth appears strong, among the highest globally, with inflation easing and agriculture performing well. But beneath this headline optimism lies a more fragile reality. Urban demand remains weak, unem...

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March 18, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण – एक जानलेवा संकट

आधुनिक विकास के नाम पर जिन ‘भस्मासुरों’ को बनाया, बढ़ाया जा रहा है, प्लास्टिक उनमें से एक है। कुल-जमा सौ-सवा सौ साल पहले ईजाद किया गया यह कारनामा आज प्रकृति-पर्यावरण और इंसानों के अस्तित्व के लिए संकट बन गया है। क्या हैं, इसके खतरे? पिछले साल के अंत में दक्षिण कोरिया के बुसान में आयोजित ‘अंतर –...

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March 4, 2025

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The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The latest Indus Valley report in fact shows that India’s consuming class is today just a thin layer of 10% and this section is only deepening, not widening. While people from the bottom 90% are unable to join the top segment, the wealthiest class is growing even wealthier. We already know tha...

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Climate on the Floor

More Than a Delayed Monsoon

Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

Barking up the wrong tree : A critique of the misdirected and wasteful push for Carbon Capture in the Budget

Why India’s Budget Must Wear a Climate Lens

चरम मौसम की घटनाएं जानलेवा साबित हो रहा है

Extreme Weather, Unequal Impact: India’s Growing Divide | Editorial | Finance Matters, 21 November 2025

Who Benefits from RBI’s Reforms? | Finance Matters, 27 June 2025 | Editorial

प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण – एक जानलेवा संकट

The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

Climate on the Floor

More Than a Delayed Monsoon

Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

Barking up the wrong tree : A critique of the misdirected and wasteful push for Carbon Capture in the Budget

Why India’s Budget Must Wear a Climate Lens

चरम मौसम की घटनाएं जानलेवा साबित हो रहा है

Extreme Weather, Unequal Impact: India’s Growing Divide | Editorial | Finance Matters, 21 November 2025

Who Benefits from RBI’s Reforms? | Finance Matters, 27 June 2025 | Editorial

प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण – एक जानलेवा संकट

The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial