In December 2021, we presented a Review of Environment and Development that focused on environmental governance—the institutional arrangements for making decisions—across various sectors: water and.

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The quality of the increased state spending continues to deteriorate. The numbers clearly show that the expenditure in the state budgets has averaged 18.5% of the GDP in the first four years of the ...

While cash transfers can be beneficial, the question of whether it displaces core government functions remains. Positioning women as active beneficiaries of state welfare during electioneering is not ...

EPW is grateful to Sharachchandra Lele and Geetanjoy Sahu, Guest Editors of this issue of the Review of Environment and Development. The EPW produces independent and public-spirited scholarship and ...

Beyond Binaries: The World of India and China by Shastri Ramachandaran, New Delhi: Institute of Objective Studies, 2024; pp 309, ₹450. The EPW produces independent and public-spirited scholarship and ...

Recent reports on capacity constraints faced by the state pollution control boards have revealed serious systemic issues—problematic board structure and composition, lack of competence in the boards’ ...

Through their writing and speaking, M T Vasudevan Nair and Mammootty extended the horizons of Malayalam. The EPW produces independent and public-spirited scholarship and analyses of contemporary ...

Luxury consumption, so far seen as a problem of the global North, is now growing dramatically in India. We explore its complex dynamics, including definitions, drivers, impacts and responses. Luxury ...

Low-cost renewable energy available at scale has the potential to address, at least partially, the tension between development and environment. India has an opportunity to reimagine the electricity ...

How can India balance economic ambitions, ecological integrity, and social justice? This paper seeks to unpack systemic threats to wildlife conservation, including weakened laws, a governance ...

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