India has far higher open defecation rates than other developing regions where people are poorer, literacy rates are lower, and water is relatively more scarce. In practice, government programmes in rural
Despite economic growth, government latrine construction, and increasing recognition among policymakers that open defecation constitutes a health and human capital crisis, it remains stubbornly widespread
A common criticism of the National Rural Employment Guarantee programme is that it does not lead to the creation of permanent assets and a sustained increase in incomes. This fi eld study of the construction
Energy scenarios and pathways for India by Sudhir Chella Rajan, KC Adaina, Aashish Gupta, Aniket Pangarkar, Rakesh Iyer, Uttara Narayan, & Sarada R. at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
This document contains the presentation made by Sudhir Chella Rajan of IIT Chennai on Energy scenarios and pathways for India, at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. In light of the climate and development debate and especially in the context of the Indian government's commitment in the Copenhagen Accord, new energy and
