Kalyan Chatterjee, Author at Tatsat Chronicle Magazine

IUCN Red List: More Than A Tenth Of Animal Species In India Threatened With Extinction

December 9, 2023

There’s bad news for India on its biodiversity front. Just under 12% of its vertebrate animal species has entered the threatened category, according to the latest Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). The IUCN’s

BBIN Economic Corridor Has Potential To Transform Trade And Development In East And Northeast India

Kalyan Chatterjee

November 21, 2023

Deep Dive

Garment exports constitute more than four-fifths of Bangladesh’s total export of trade and services. Eighty-five percent of garments find markets in Europe and the United States, under the system of preferential trading for least developed countries. Together, exports to the European Union,

Net Zero Challenge: India Lacks A Policy Framework For Decommissioning Thermal Power Plants

Kalyan Chatterjee

October 20, 2023

Sustainability

India’s push towards net zero emissions by 2070 appears to have saddled it with a king-size dilemma. To start with, it must drastically reduce the use of coal for power generation. Yet, shutting down thermal power plants is easier said than done

Integrated Farming System Can Double Small Farmers’ Incomes, Says Agricultural Scientist

Kalyan Chatterjee

October 4, 2023

Sustainability

The government’s abortive attempt to introduce market-oriented reforms in the farm sector in the face of stiff opposition from farmers in 2020-21 has only served to highlight the crisis that has overtaken agriculture in India. But those who have the biggest stake

Latest Forest Law Amendment Will Lead To Destruction Of Carbon Sinks

Kalyan Chatterjee

September 29, 2023

Sustainability

Ever since British colonisers sought to make commercial use of Indian forests in the 19th century, there has been a constant tussle between those who view forests strictly as a materials resource and those who firmly believe that forests are organically tied

Lip Service: Indian Banks Are Woefully Underprepared To Deal With Climate Change Risks

Kalyan Chatterjee

August 31, 2023

Sustainability

While serious statements promising steps to mitigate climate change and curb the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) are regularly delivered at international conferences on climate change, real movement on this front can only come when government policy is backed by the financial

Food For Thought: Can Conservation Agriculture Mitigate Climate Change Impact?

Kalyan Chatterjee

August 18, 2023

Commentary

Food security no longer remains simply a matter of increasing productivity and growing more grains. High-yielding varieties, extensive use of fertilisers and more irrigation worked like magic for the past few decades to pull India out of its dependence on imports to

Access to medicines: Caught between expensive patented drugs and low-quality generics

Kalyan Chatterjee

August 4, 2023

Top Story

Patients in India, especially the poor with limited access to healthcare, are caught between the devil and the deep sea. They cannot afford the exorbitantly priced patented medicines offered by global ‘big pharma.’ For that matter, even most people in prosperous countries

India Faces A Looming Crisis Of Drinking Water

Kalyan Chatterjee

July 29, 2023

Commentary

India’s growing urban population is heading for a severe drinking water crisis by 2050, according to a UN report released in New York in March this year. This alarming projection was revealed in the United Nations World Water Development Report (UNWWDR) for

Cities Of Problems: The Question Of Urban Emissions

Kalyan Chatterjee

May 3, 2023

Commentary

In popular perception, growing more trees, burning less fossil fuels, and switching to renewable energy sources are the most widely understood ways of checking global warming and climate change. However, what is less obvious is the crucial role that cities will have

Kalyan Chatterjee

IUCN Red List: More Than A Tenth Of Animal Species In India Threatened With Extinction

BBIN Economic Corridor Has Potential To Transform Trade And Development In East And Northeast India

Net Zero Challenge: India Lacks A Policy Framework For Decommissioning Thermal Power Plants

Integrated Farming System Can Double Small Farmers’ Incomes, Says Agricultural Scientist

Latest Forest Law Amendment Will Lead To Destruction Of Carbon Sinks

Lip Service: Indian Banks Are Woefully Underprepared To Deal With Climate Change Risks

Food For Thought: Can Conservation Agriculture Mitigate Climate Change Impact?

Access to medicines: Caught between expensive patented drugs and low-quality generics

India Faces A Looming Crisis Of Drinking Water

Cities Of Problems: The Question Of Urban Emissions

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