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The author is secretary general of CUTS International.

Pradeep S. Mehta | India’s ‘Circular Economy’: It’s An Old Concept For a New World

Pradeep S. Mehta | India’s ‘Circular Economy’: It’s An Old Concept For...

Sustainability wasn’t strategy, it is a way of life. It was sanskar (culture) -- part of how we were raised to think and...

22 April 2025 6:33 PM

Pradeep S. Mehta | How to balance sustainability, equity and rights of all consumers

Pradeep S. Mehta | How to balance sustainability, equity and rights of...

A major step forward is the strengthening of environmental labelling schemes by the Global South to promote certified...

13 March 2025 7:24 PM

Pradeep S. Mehta | Behind-scenes look at India’s G-20 presidency

Pradeep S. Mehta | Behind-scenes look at India’s G-20 presidency

India has been a strong supporter of the multilateral way, and Prime Minister Modi had advised Amitabh Kant, India’s...

8 March 2025 2:10 PM

Pradeep S Mehta | Lessons on how to consume less, live better: Embrace the small & sustainable

Pradeep S Mehta | Lessons on how to consume less, live better: Embrace...

Global focus on reducing consumption through sustainable practices to combat climate change and promote ecological...

22 Jan 2025 6:30 PM

Pradeep S. Mehta and Mehak Sharma | Surat’s industrial renaissance is a model for India’s economic growth

Pradeep S. Mehta and Mehak Sharma | Surat’s industrial renaissance is...

India is establishing targets to reach its vision of a developed India by 2024 and to become a $30 trillion economy...

15 Jun 2024 8:09 PM

Book Review | A groundbreaking history of Indian public policy & entrepreneurship

Book Review | A groundbreaking history of Indian public policy &...

Amitabh Kant, our G-20 Sherpa, has had an illustrious career as an excellent civil servant, constantly arguing for...

29 April 2023 7:28 PM

Pradeep S. Mehta | Global summits to mass movements: Creating G-20 that reaches all

Pradeep S. Mehta | Global summits to mass movements: Creating G-20...

The world is facing many challenges, including a global debt crisis, the impact of climate change on livelihoods, global...

23 March 2023 6:35 PM

The TRAI hoped that the new regulations would reduce TV bills, but it left consumers in a position where they had to pay more for fewer channels. Representational Image. (AFP)

Pradeep S. Mehta | A new mantra for regulation of TV: Know your...

It is a roadmap for policymakers to nudge consumers towards desirable outcomes

9 Nov 2021 8:17 PM

The upcoming 5G ecosystem offers this grand opportunity.The government is aware of this and thus, in addition to the dream of Digital India, a programme envisaged to digitally transform the country, it has recently adopted the National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP). (Representational Images)

Busting myths: Make in India' to Design in India'

One of the objectives of the NDCP has been of enhancing India's contribution to GVCs of mobile handset production.

18 Dec 2018 10:16 PM

The states first cyber intelligence lab at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is ready, but the department of computer applications is struggling for funds.

In a digital democracy who owns our data?

On the business side, there is an increasing trend in business models using big data to attract more users.

31 Aug 2017 7:09 PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Lower taxes to be competitive

The finance minister stands at the crossroads and this Budget has the potential to make or break his legacy.

26 Jan 2017 7:51 PM