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

Surjyatapa Ray 9 Mar 2026

City life in Jaipur. As of December 2024, around 41 cities have developed or are drafting City Climate Action Plans, as per a government statement. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0).

Fixing the gaps in city climate plans with a national framework

Kundan Pandey 11 Feb 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

Open panchayat near Narsingarh in Madhya Pradesh. With the 73rd and 74th amendments, India took the first definite step on the path to ensure effective local governance in the 1990s. Photo by Suyash Dwivedi/Creative Commons.

State Finance Commissions in ‘poor’ shape, affecting decentralisation process

Kundan Pandey 23 Mar 2023