Natural systems are crucial to the functioning of our economy and maintaining the quality of life. Biotic and abiotic resources derived from our natural systems are either used to make products, or function as sinks (soil, air, and water) that absorb emissions. However, as per statistics, 80% of India’s surface …
TARAgram Yatra 2017, eighth in the annual event series of Development Alternatives, focused on developing ‘Economies for People and Planet’. While attempting to understand the economies that are sustainable, the yatra tried to explore various driving forces that are responsible for developing an ecosystem to support a sustainable economy. The …
Indian economy, over the last one year, has witnessed announcement and execution of various schemes that has resulted in distortions in the economy, the most recent one being demonetisation. Various government schemes and programmes announced by the government including like Renewable energy, Smart City programme, Skill India Mission, Make in …
The answer to the question Public procurement rules in India are rather complex and a labyrinth of clauses and interjecting sub-clauses. In a diverse country like India, assimilation and dissemination of public procurement data is ridden by inefficiencies and imperviousness. The national government has tried to address the impervious nature …
Green Public Procurement (GPP) may be simply defined as “public procurement for a better environment”. Green Public Procurement in other words can also be understood as a process whereby government and its agencies seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life-cycle when compared …