OPEDS

The alarming state of plastic pollution calls for a bold plan, a convergence and a coming together of all the countries around the world.

The only positive in the Budget 2022 speech was the acceptance that the current model of urban development is not sustainable.

Uttarakhand’s elected public representatives need to realise the pace of urbanization and prepare for the emerging challenges.

In the new normal, new jobs will be created across multiple levels: technical education, content creation, management and training of teachers.

Funding for clean air has to become performance oriented; scope of spending has to ensure verifiable improvement in air quality.

As teaching and learning goes hybrid, new horizons will open up for teachers having a good mix of technology and domain skills.

Farmers’ opposition to the farm laws stemmed from their fear that these laws would dismantle the traditional mandis in Punjab, Haryana and UP

What is required, but not happening, is round the year action to improve municipal services, infrastructure and enforcement with adequate accountability.

Swachh Bharat 2.0 should aim for a decentralised model that looks at zero-waste cities with mandatory inclusion of all waste workers.

Some brands are now going entirely DTC, or ‘direct to consumer’, cutting out middlemen. Such trends will see retail jobs getting completely reinvented.

COVID-19 impacted nutrition across classes, underlining the need to ensure both access and the right kind of food and eating habits among our children.

A global citizen movement towards reduced energy consumption through products such as smart phones could avoid catastrophic effects on climate.