kishor Jagirdar

India ’s meteoric economic rise in the last two decades has been   impressive. There is however a dark side to it, hidden or ignored. Well over half its people have been left behind or negatively impacted; and there have been irreversible blows to the natural environment Globalised development as it is today is neither ecologically sustainable nor socially equitable, and is leading India to further conflict and suffering There are, however, a range of alternative approaches and practices, forerunners of a Radical Ecological Democracy that can take us all to higher levels of well-being, while sustaining the earth and creating greater equity According to the Tendulkar Committee on poverty estimation, which submitted its report to the Planning Commission in 2009, the proportion of people who were poor in India in 2004-05 was 41.8% in rural areas and 25.7% in urban areas. The poverty lines used to reach these numbers were Rs.15 per capita a day in villages and a bit...

Sustainability seems to be widely now the norm. What exactly is put into action towards this is always a thing for debate.We at Infopace Management Pvt Ltd asked ourselves as to what do we do to demonstrate to the community on sustainability and at the same time see that the engagement is meaningful wherein it might give ample space for a vibrant community participation from all the various sections of the habitat. after deliberating this topic and scanning the environment we zeroed down on the possibilities that we can focus on the platform of Project Green Glow - an initiative for conservation of biodiversity in Yelahanka Bangalore North. We came up with the this novel idea of adopting the Allalsandra Lake which has been desilted recently by BBMP and partner along in its rejuvenation.This might bring a wide scope of activity and help us apply the ADKAR model of Change . With the leadership of Rotary Club of Yelahanka partnering with Rotary club of Lakeside, Nagarjuna Vidhya...

It’s now official that the northern parts of India this year will witness a failed monsoon. The granary of India comprises of Punjab and its surrounding state of Harayana as well. The farmers are already in despair as this would mean that they would be pushed into further debts and multitude of other problems like drinking water and going to bed on an empty stomach for one full year. They are heavily dependent on the Khariff crops sown this time of the year.Their conditions will become even more pathetic this year. The change in rainfall pattern due to the El Nino effect and erratic showers are virtually driving the farming community in the India to look for other occupational alternatives. Let’s take a quick look at some of the root causes a) Rapid Urbanization: With cities growing randomly as a result of the globalization effect we find that lots of lucrative jobs available that are more enticing and gratifying than the returns from agriculture b) The Real Estate: as cities expand...