The pursuit of human prosperity for all within planetary boundaries, as committed by governments as part of the Global Agenda 2030, requires that national policy strategies address sustainability in consumption and production of goods and services in all economic sectors. This has appropriately put the lens on ‘public procurement’ as …
While India has one of the fastest growing population in the world today, it is far behind most others when it comes to preserving the environment and the ecology. Air pollution, ground water depletion, climate change, use of plastics, garbage disposal and sanitation, loss of biodiversity are some of the …
Entrepreneurs – from village shopkeepers to owners of large industrial conglomerates – rule the economy. Economies have, in comparison to other influencing factors, an inordinately high impact on societal and environmental well-being. It follows, therefore, at the cost of oversimplifying something that is exceedingly complex, that any attempt to create …
The Economic Survey of India 2016-17 tabled in the parliament last month has given a sharp focus to ‘distinctive Indian demography’. It shows that India’s working age population will continue to grow for another 2-3 decades, and perhaps the growth will peak by mid 2020s. More interestingly, it further shows …