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Cyclone Warning Services
Cyclone warning outreach and its various components is one of the most important services of the India Meteorological Department.
Making Sense of Location, Place and Space
So much has been written to theorise place and space that it is often difficult to clearly distinguish among these concepts. This essay attempts to deconstruct the complex literature and is aimed at s...
Cyclone prediction successful, but challenges remain
Shailesh Nayak the Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, interacted with Sulagna Chattopadhay from within the precincts of his minimalistic office, providing an excellent overview of India’s achievem...
Indicators of Development
The primary aim of generating indicators of development, defined in varying terms, is to generate information in quantitative and qualitative terms, to critically examine who gets what, where and how.
Regional Imbalance: History and Beyond
Regional imbalance in India is gigantic and spiralling. Convergence of administrative and developmental boundaries and increasing micro approach to development planning is the primary reason. It is ti...
Climate Change, Cities and Urban Poor
While uncontrolled migrant-driven urbanisation is a problem for the city management, it is also adversely affecting the environment through increased carbon footprint. Though all urban dwellers will f...
Growth in India: An Examination of Inclusiveness
It is difficult to conclude the degree of inclusiveness of growth in India as different scholars hold different opinions. Better governance and pro-poor policy, among the strategies, need to be adopte...
Regional Development and Planning in India
Development, no matter how one defines it brings disparity, though its scale and nature could be varied. A broader historical overview that maps progress in living standards is imperative to understan...
Health Inequity in India
Wide regional inequalities exist in the health status of the country. A study of measures like infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, safe delivery and immunisation shows that economic develo...
Bridging demand to curb illegal sand mining
While sand is an important material in the construction industry, the burgeoning demand for sand is leading to illegal sand mining at many places across the country. Excessive sand mining has a huge e...