Discussing the opposition to Mumbai’s Coastal Road megaproject, particularly by the two fishworker societies of Worli, as a political and legal dispute over the Worli Fishing Zone, this paper ...

Sixteen years after the Forest Rights Act, 2006, only three states have recognised a significant number of community forest resource rights, and only one of them (Maharashtra) has enabled their ...

Luxury consumption, so far seen as a problem of the global North, is now growing dramatically in India. We explore its complex dynamics, including definitions, drivers, impacts and responses. Luxury ...

Recent reports on capacity constraints faced by the state pollution control boards have revealed serious systemic issues—problematic board structure and composition, lack of competence in the boards’ ...

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In recent years, Maharashtra, a pioneering state in developing the integrated watershed development approach, has shifted to technocratic, quick fix, and fragmented approaches to address water ...

How can India balance economic ambitions, ecological integrity, and social justice? This paper seeks to unpack systemic threats to wildlife conservation, including weakened laws, a governance ...

The performance of the Indian Railways, including its track record on finances, rail safety and execution of big-ticket projects like Vande Bharat, high-speed rail, hyperloop, and hydrogen trains is ...

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