By August 15, Delhi’s AQI was around the “unhealthy for sensitive people” mark–months before winter smog season even starts, and this now has to be treated as the normal state rather than an exception. Bhupender Yadav has asked municipalities across Delhi-NCR to provide their action plans for the year 2026, and a fresh committee of…
By early August 2026, roughly 481 villages across Assam had gone completely underwater. 90 relief camps were sheltering close to 30,000 people. Another 94 distribution centres supplied essentials to those who had not been evacuated. This is not Assam’s first devastating flood season. Unless something structural changes, it will not be its last. The death…
New Delhi, 6 August 2026 – To tap the vast potential in converting livestock waste into fuel, the Union Cabinet approved GOBARdhan – India’s National Circular Bioenergy Scheme. The scheme expect an outlay of Rs. 23,731 crores during 2026-27 to 2035-36 to transform cattle dung, crop waste, press mud, and municipal solid waste to Compressed…
Tribal rehabilitation for India’s first river linking project has been answered with a ten-year-old survey in Parliament. Reports suggest and it is known that the actual figures and associated human rights violations are much higher with protests, a High Court judgment and even numbers from project authority itself indicating this disparity. The Union Ministry of…
With PM Surya Ghar, they’ve added more rooftop solar in two years than the prior decade combined. The harder number to shift is who is benefiting. India’s flagship rooftop solar scheme, PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, had already achieved 50.06 lakh household installations as of early August 2026, the Ministry of New and Renewable…
Nearly 29.7% of India’s geographical area is affected by land degradation, impacting millions of farmers and agricultural productivity. Government initiatives, including the Soil Health Card Scheme and natural farming, aim to restore soil health and achieve India’s land restoration target by 2030.
The electricity demand in India is growing more rapidly than in any other large economy. As capacity in solar and wind grows, the task for the Indian government is no longer about generating energy but about creating infrastructure to deliver it to every household and factory. The electricity grid in India recorded a new high…
The 2026 southwest monsoon has proved the continuing vulnerability of India’s agriculture to climate variability. The delayed rainfall has postponed sowing operations, disrupted crop planning, and increased financial uncertainty for farming households across Marathwada and Bundelkhand. The impact of the monsoon extends beyond agriculture. It influences rural livelihoods, food security, inflation, and water availability across…
PM Surya Ghar has solarised 40 lakh homes. The government targets 1 crore by 2027. Each panel carries a 25-year lifespan. In roughly two decades, the clean energy that India is installing today will begin its journey toward becoming waste. The regulatory framework to manage that journey is still being written. In February 2024, the…
The 2026 monsoon has so far claimed over 70 lives and impacted more than 10 lakh residents in the state of Assam, while the toll continues to rise as relief efforts get underway in the cut-off villages of Upper Assam. This year was a little bit unexpected, not because the Brahmaputra overfilled its banks, but…
