Reports

Brick making in clamps is the oldest and most polluting brick manufacturing technologies. This report discusses the environmental impacts of clamps and the plan to transition from clamps to cleaner technologies.

The Supreme Court passed an order to convert brick kilns in Delhi-NCR to cleaner Zig-Zag technology to curb air pollution. This report provides an in-depth analysis of how the orders of the Supreme Court was being implemented. It also put out a methodology to check compliance status of the brick kilns.

This report for the first ranked the performance of the state pollution control boards (SPCBs) based on a large number of criteria’s. Its findings showed how weak and ineffective these institutions have become because of sheer neglect and political interferences.

Post the release of the report on the ‘Status of environmental regulatory capacity in India’, this report elaborated the reform agenda for India’s environmental Regulators.

The Polluter Pays Principle is one of key principles upon which the National Green Tribunal (NGT), India’s green court, relies for delivering decisions. But how well and consistently this principle has been used by the NGT?

This was an effort to develop an action plan to resolve all the outstanding issues related to the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. We got all the stakeholders together and developed this action plan. This action plan was also submitted to the Supreme Court, but it is yet to be implemented.

A Down To Earth cover story on how Bhopal and its residents are still suffering from the Union Carbide accident even after 30 years.

A laboratory study that established the presence of toxic chemicals in the groundwater and soil in and around the UCIL factory.

The consumption of junk food is rapidly increasing in India. How do we regulate the labelling, claims and advertisement of junk food? This report recommends the regulatory framework needed for this.

This first of its kind report exposes the presence of illegal genetically modified (GM) processed food in the Indian markets. The recommendations of this report was used for framing the GM labelling regulations.

This report documents the use and misuse of antibiotics in Aquaculture in India. It also discusses the need for better waste management practices and regulation on the use of antibiotics.

A landmark report on how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) should be handled in animal sector and in the environment. This report was the first to highlight the importance of environment in dealing with AMR.