E-Governance has come a long way in providing services to people which has improved the efficiency. Many of the departments and organizations have done great job but the progress has not been as quick as it should have been. Of course this is a journey which cannot be done in a day's time. That's why the overarching vision and the overarching convergence of approaches were so important. Once the overall vision and strategy and the architecture is common, then if people work at a different pace, it is not disastrous. The most challenging part is to change the people's mindset. It is important...

Biofuels hold out the promise of a win-win-win solution. The race is on for a new form of fuel. With gasoline skyrocketing, dependence on imported oil and depleting resources worldwide, finding alternatives to petroleum-based fuel and fuel-related products is urgent. 1G biofuels increase greenhouse gas emissions because of land use change, drives soil erosion and the eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems putting pressure on food availability. Fortunately, scientists have been studying the production of alternative products to make a cleaner, greener fuel for years. As the global fuel mix...

The present study presents an overview of the changing state of the forests and explores hypotheses regarding the causes of change in the forest cover and its quality. It also gives a brief overview of the economic importance of the forests and the legal and institutional framework for the forest sector in India. Forest Strategy is inadequate to cope with all the diverse demands that India faces in the sector. India needs a balance of its three policy orientations production forestry, afforestation, and protection/regeneration to have an effective forest strategy, in addition to an enabling...

The capability and freedom enhancing social policies generates stable civil societies. Indian Government have implemented new social programs and safety nets to tackle poverty, health and education challenges. The ambitions of these programs have been marred by challenges. The significant one has been the lack of clear identification and targeting of individual beneficiaries. The problems of identification bog down millions of people in India across communities and in different situations. This was therefore a new problem for which policy planners seemed to have no answer. This is the...