One of the major steps for a pro-active, time bound and concerted action to reduce poverty was when the leaders of 189 countries met in 2000 and agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The fact that the first goal aims to reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day, not only gives poverty precedence but it also underpins the other seven. (more…)

The energy sector absorbs the largest chunk of resources invested in the Indian economy, and also accounts for the largest share of the national imports bill. All these resources go towards supplying increasing amounts of energy to the Indian economy, though there continues to be a deficit in both energy supply and in access to supply. (more…)