Sustainability Karma Desk

Inland waterways present a significant opportunity to build a greener, more cost-effective, and efficient logistics network, with the ministry committed to leveraging this potential to drive sustainable development and robust economic growth across the hinterland.

Although financial inclusion broadens access to financial services, its current association with rising carbon emissions highlights the need to redirect resources toward green investments, supported by financial literacy, policy incentives, and institutional reforms to ensure a just and sustainable...

These varieties represent a breakthrough in precision agriculture, using genome-editing techniques that introduce no foreign DNA and comply with approved biosafety regulations, distinguishing them from traditional GMOs.

India is set to take a leading role in the global dialogue on land governance and climate action by presenting its flagship SVAMITVA Scheme and Gram Manchitra platform at the World Bank Land Conference 2025, being held from May 5–8 in Washington.

India aims to double its wind energy capacity to 100 GW by 2030 through expanded manufacturing, innovation, and workforce development, positioning the sector as a key driver of clean energy goals and major job growth, according to IWTMA.

Gender inclusion is a strategic focus of the Powering Livelihoods initiative, which tackles design, awareness, and financing barriers through targeted outreach and advocacy for collateral-free loans, impacting livelihoods of 16,000 women, says Abhishek Jain, Director of Green Economy and Impact...

Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) empowers rural communities, households, and enterprises by enabling on-site power generation through technologies like solar and small hydro, reducing reliance on centralised grids, says Abhishek Jain, Director of Green Economy and Impact Innovations at Council...

From solar cold storage to biomass-powered systems and silk reeling machines, Powering Livelihoods boosts incomes and reduces manual labour by promoting the use of decentralised renewable energy technologies in rural and peri-urban areas.

CleanMax's carbon credits programme sells cleaner burning cookstoves at subsidised rates in underserved areas like Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, reducing emissions, improving women's and children's health, and powering a socially impactful for-profit business model, says Kuldeep Jain, founder and...

Achieving a global environmental goal like net-zero relies on billions of conscious everyday decisions with each small action contributing to a powerful, planet-shaping collective impact, says Kuldeep Jain, Founder and Managing Director of CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions.