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With the government proposing such a partnership, the existing framework governing the nuclear energy sector needs to be assessed   In July 2024, the Government of India, while presenting the Union Budget for FY 2024-25,   inter alia , made announcements on the expansion of India’s nuclear energy sector, proposing partnerships with the private sector for research and developing Bharat Small Reactors (BSR), Bharat Small Modular Reactors (BSMR) as well as newer nuclear energy technologies. Presumably, this announcement is aimed at India’s ambitious pursuit of the decarbonisation of energy generation and achieving 500 Gigawatts of non-fossil fuel-based energy generation in India by 2030, as pledged at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, in 2021. With the government’s new announcement, there is renewed interest in visiting the existing framework governing the Indian nuclear energy sector to assess what kind of changes that may be required. The Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (AEA) — it was amend...

  International carbon finance platforms must revise their standards to better align with the realities of Indian agriculture India’s vast potential in the agroforestry 1  This sector is a unique opportunity to integrate with carbon finance projects through  Afforestation,  Reforestation,  Revegetation (ARR) initiatives.   Expansion of agroforestry There is a possibility to expand the area under agroforestry from the current 28.4 million hectares to 53 million hectares by 2050.  Agroforestry accounts for 8.65%of India’s total land area and contributes 19.3% of the country’s carbon stocks. Recent research suggests that if adequate policies, financial support, and incentives are implemented, the sector could contribute an additional carbon sink of over 2.5 billion tons of CO 2  equivalent by 2030. ‘ Common Practice’ in Carbon Standards For ARR     Revegetation    projects this involves determining whether similar activities are c...

  The big lesson from the Summit is that developing countries have yet to exploit the opportunities presented by the UN system The Summit of the Future raises a set of fundamental questions on global governance: should the focus be on great power competition or continuing imbalance in the institutions, agenda setting, and global inequality? The former looks at the means and not the ends with a continuing debate on the meaning of justice. Global goals do not resolve challenges; they support new forms of cooperation. The Summit resulted in a Global Digital Impact initiative and a Declaration on Future Generations, an inspirational call for national action. The concrete impact is an International Scientific Panel and a Global Dialogue on AI. An implementation map and intergovernmental consultations mirror how climate change came onto the global agenda 30 years ago. Climate change is now relegated to scaling up adaptation finance, and GDP will include sustainability. Developed countrie...

  With growing cultural homogenisation and divisive ideologies in India, the movement must step up the fight for social justice, equality and rationalism Self-Respect Movement /  Dravidian Movement This year marks the start of the hundredth year of the Self-Respect Movement.  , its aim was to empower individuals and communities to challenge and overthrow the hierarchical structures that oppressed them.  But the movement traversed farther to nurture rational thinking, inspire subaltern politics, advocate women’s rights and promote social justice. The emergence of self-respect Over the last decade or so, September has been celebrated as ‘Dravidian Month’ to commemorate the historical highlights of the Dravidian Movement. This month, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) commemorates three landmark events: the birth date of C.N. Annadurai (‘Anna’); the founding of the DMK and the birthdate of E.V. Ramasamy (‘Periyar’). While Anna is regarded as the political patriarch of ...

  investment in Tamil Nadu  is a beacon of  inclusive and  sustainable growth in India,   global search for alternatives to China, is a strong contender for global investments तमिलनाडु भारत में समावेशी और सतत विकास का प्रतीक है, और चीन के विकल्प की वैश्विक खोज में वैश्विक निवेश के लिए एक मजबूत दावेदार है....... C.N. Annadurai, visited Yale University   In 1968, the visionary leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C.N. Annadurai, visited Yale University under the prestigious Chubb Fellowship Program. During his visit, Annadurai described India as the “experiment station for democracy ”.  Over 50 years later  We have harnessed the tools of democracy, controlled our fertility rate and reconstructed our economy in ways that have set the State apart as a beacon of inclusive and sustainable growth in India.  As the world searches for alternatives to China through the “China+1” strategy, Tamil Nadu emerges as one of the strongest ...

  R ethink India’s pension system With the return to welfarism worldwide, India’s proposed Unified Pension Scheme should ensure that retirees are supported by a robust welfare system pension system in India   has undergone a significant transformation over the years with three major schemes, the  Old Pension Scheme (OPS),  New Pension Scheme (NPS),  and the proposed Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), marking the different phases of government policy.   NPS VS OPS  Each scheme impacts retirees in different ways, with the OPS often being viewed as a more secure system compared to the NPS, which ties retirement funds to volatile market conditions. UPS   requires considerable rectification to ensure that it serves the interests of retirees effectively. A shift with greater individual risk OPS बस  2004 तक ही रही ? 1  it guaranteed a defined benefit pension to government employees. In this scheme, the pension amount was fixed and determined by the ...

The Ban Treaty could start an honest discussion about the utility and effectiveness of nuclear weapons प्रतिबंध संधि परमाणु हथियारों की  उपयोगिता  प्रभावशीलता के बारे में एक ईमानदार चर्चा शुरू कर सकती है International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons   In the United Nations calendar, September 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.  This year’s General Assembly agenda   includes a session on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Ban Treaty,  as distinguished from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, NPT.  UN is bitterly divided ?  1  — over the war in Ukraine; over the Israel-Palestine conflict; and in responding to accelerating climate change and other related inequalities.  2  Nuclear possession — threats or their use — threads through all these divisions.  3 इसलिए, भारत समेत वे देश जो टीपीएनडब्ल्यू से बाहर रहे हैं, इस चर्चा पर किस...