The Indian government has proposed incentives worth $12.4 billion to encourage power plans to curb emissions and to develop electric vehicle infrastructure.

Sudarshan Varadhan · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 20 Feb 2019

India

10 things to know about India’s elections

875 million voters are eligible to take part in the biggest democratic exercise in history.

Alex Thornton 19 Feb 2019

China

One third of the world’s new vegetation is in India and China, data shows

One explanation for the global greening phenomenon could be increasing CO2 levels boosting plant growth - known as the “CO2 fertilisation effect”.

Daisy Dunne · Carbon Brief 18 Feb 2019

Future of Economic Progress

This is how Indians are spending Valentine's Day

Tinder is India's most popular dating app as Valentine's Day goes digital.

Ananya Bhattacharya · Quartz 14 Feb 2019

India

This Indian city is a hotbed for startups

A new report shows Mumbai to be a hotbed for Indian startups.

Ananya Bhattacharya · Quartz 11 Feb 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Indian women from the outskirts of Delhi are taking selfies to claim their right to the city

In India, feminist, minority and queer activists are using selfies to represent and take pride in their identity, sexuality and gender orientation.

Ayona Datta · The Conversation 06 Feb 2019

India

India’s inequality crisis hurts girls and women the most

One of the most disturbing symptoms of India's far-reaching gender inequality crisis is domestic violence.

Ananya Bhattacharya · Quartz 06 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This project in India helps people and tigers co-exist peacefully

Living with Tigers is a programme that helps people to live alongside tigers without conflict - and could be key to the majestic wild animals' survival.

Alex Thornton 01 Feb 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Weaving is giving Indian women hope in the face of climate change

In recent months, 30-year-old Niru Sonowal and a dozen other women from her northeast Indian village have trekked on foot for miles every day in search of work.

Moushumi Basu · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 01 Feb 2019

India

India’s building more toilets, but what happens ‘after the flush’?

Inadequate sanitation in India leads to premature deaths and huge economic losses every year. The country has built 80 million toilets since 2014, but it has a serious shortage of functio...

Natasha Jamal, Tejpreet Singh Chopra, and Kate Roberts 29 Jan 2019

India

A 5-point plan to maximise India’s renewable energy potential

India has a huge unmet demand for electricity, and at its current rate of economic growth the country will need to double its electricity output by 2030. Renewables can do much of the hea...

Sumant Sinha 19 Jan 2019

India

Why the world should be watching India's fast-growing cities

India is the world's fastest-growing major economy. With two-thirds of that output driven by urban areas, it's cities are becoming outriders for green global growth.

Sangeeta Prasad 18 Jan 2019

Sustainable Development

3 steps to making multistakeholder partnerships a powerful force

Cooperation between governments, NGOs, industry and consumer is essential for tackling global inequality. But we need a better definition of how these collaborations should work.

Magesvaran Suranjan 18 Jan 2019

Electricity

How electrification will make the world more inclusive

Increasing access to electricity is driving development in the world's poorer regions - and it could have even greater benefits for the world as a whole.

Lisa Davis 17 Jan 2019

India

We need to talk about failure in the social sector

If innovation is essential to the achievements of the sector, we should spend less time on success, and more on failure

Kyle Zimmer and Rohini Nilekani 16 Jan 2019

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