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Why India’s ₹561 billion drainage push must consider a street-nallah-lake network [Commentary]

Surjyatapa Ray 9 Mar 2026

Community tourism inside Manas National Park, Assam. India’s long-standing forest decentralisation framework, built around Joint Forest Management and Community Forest Resource Rights committees, provides existing institutional infrastructure. Image by Ishan Kukreti.

Forest finance and the challenges money cannot fix [Commentary]

Ishan Kukreti 24 Dec 2025

Deer Park on the way to Tirumala. Photo by Hemanth/Wikimedia Commons.

More climate change variables needed in 16th Finance Commission’s tax distribution formula, say experts

Kundan Pandey 6 Oct 2023

Are cities ‘smart’ enough to leverage municipal bonds?

Kundan Pandey 21 Feb 2023