Voice of poor Indians is seldom heard in Raisina Hills, the power center of Indian government. Only when civil society leaders such as Aruna Roy or Anna Hazare hit the streets the political class in the corridors of power wake-up from the slumber. Read more

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Posted by Chetan Chauhan on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Filed under environment · Tagged Anna Hazare, Aruna Roy, Chetan Chauhan, ecostani, Foreign Currency Registration Act, Forest Rights Act, Gujarat, hindustantimes, Jairam Ramesh, Kudankulam nuclear plant, NGOs, Raisina Hills, Right to Information, SEWA, Tamilnadu, US
It is one story that none of India’s top economist wants to talk about. The cost India had to pay to pursue high GDP growth rate, especially in terms of environmental degradation. Read more

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Posted by Chetan Chauhan on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Chetan Chauhan, CSE, ecostani, GDP growth rate, Group of Ministers, Gujarat, Hindustan times, Jairam Ramesh, Jayanthi Natarajan, news, Orissa, Science and Environment