Chetan Chauhan heads regional editions as Deputy National Affairs Editor. A journalist for over 20 years, he has written extensively on social sector with special focus on environment and political economy.
Articles by Chetan Chauhan
Ecostani | 2022: The link between climate, extreme weather, and inflation
- IPCC’s caution for the future is visible in India today, where we have seen the record coldest and warmest period in less than five months, with the vulnerable set to lose the most
Published on May 16, 2022 08:06 PM IST
Ecostani | Bird population is declining. Here's why
The State of the World’s Birds shows that the birds are losing their homes because of excessive developmental activity and encroachments, especially on the water bodies
Updated on May 09, 2022 08:07 PM IST
Coal shortage, heatwave: States face worst power crisis in 6 years
Power distribution companies fear that the situation will worsen next month if coal supplies do not improve.
Published on Apr 29, 2022 11:24 PM IST
Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Coal demand up amid crunch, power concern
Thermal power plants account for 70% of India’s power generation capacity of 3,99,496 MW and according to the power ministry’s website some are running below 30- 40% capacity on account of coal shortage.
Updated on Apr 27, 2022 04:34 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Heatwaves, coal shortage spark fear of power crisis
According to officials across seven states, a surge in electricity demand because of a series of heatwaves since mid-March has prompted Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Karnataka to reduce power supply for industry and reschedule supply for the farming sector.
Updated on Apr 23, 2022 05:28 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Ecostani | Is your food healthy or not? FSSAI should clearly tell consumers
- Not having the right front-of-package label (FOPL) or a delay in making FOPL mandatory will have an adverse health impact for millions of Indians, as the problem of obesity grows
Published on Apr 05, 2022 12:08 PM IST
Haven’t progressed much on protecting forests for climate mitigation: IPCC report lead author
The report shows how climate change was devastating global ecology and impacting the lives of people
Published on Apr 05, 2022 10:16 AM IST
Examine the cheetah project with an open mind: The Kuno experiment
- More than 117 years after the project to rehabilitate lions from Africa failed, the government has readied a five square kilometre enclosure for cheetahs to be brought from Namibia by end of this year.
Published on Mar 24, 2022 05:44 PM IST
83% increase in rejection of RTI applications on national security grounds: Data
In 2019-20, the Central government ministries and departments received 1.29 million RTI applications.
Updated on Mar 05, 2022 02:12 PM IST
Ecostani | The IPCC report is a reality check for India’s climate preparedness
- India has climate missions at the Centre and state levels, but a lack of funds remains a hindrance to climate mitigation. The IPCC report comes with dire warnings. India should take note
Published on Mar 03, 2022 06:36 PM IST
Ecostani | 2024: Will an Opposition alliance without the Congress succeed?
- As Banerjee of Bengal and Rao of Telangana attempt to stitch together a national front against the BJP, observers believe that this will do more to bolster the ruling party than put up a formidable fight against it
Published on Feb 17, 2022 10:51 AM IST
Ecostani | As voting begins tomorrow, western UP will be the true litmus test
- In all elections in the past decade, the party which had done well in western UP has won the elections in the country’s most politically significant state.
Published on Feb 09, 2022 12:02 PM IST
Ecostani | Reading between the lines: The grim reality of India's forests
- The richness of India's forest system is slowly eroding with various factors contributing to this decline. Here is a deep dive into the fine print of the latest forest report:
Published on Jan 19, 2022 06:00 PM IST
Ecostani | Hindutva and Mandal politics: The core of UP elections
- In reaction to Mandalisation, Hindutva or Kamandal politics came into play, which has since been a pivotal part of UP politics
Published on Jan 11, 2022 05:08 PM IST
Three reasons why the 2022 elections are important
The election results will tell us whether the BJP has been able to neutralise the resentment of farmers in Punjab, western Uttar Pradesh and the plains of Uttarakhand by repealing the three farm laws, which BJP leaders often insisted will help double farmers’ income by 2022.
Updated on Jan 08, 2022 06:44 PM IST
Ecostani | Aadhaar-Voter ID link: Why pre-legislative consultation was needed
- Many concerns could have been addressed had the government adhered to the 2014 pre-legislative consultation with stakeholders on bills
Published on Dec 21, 2021 08:35 PM IST
Ecostani | The farmer agitation may be over, but the politics has just begun
Political parties in the poll bound states are now eyeing the support of farmer leaders to ride their newly gained acceptability and popularity
Updated on Dec 14, 2021 03:55 PM IST
Ecostani | In NCR’s bleak winter, the SC must rise to fight bad air
Sources of air pollution aside, the Capital’s bad air is a reflection of an overall governance failure. People in the NCR are looking to the SC for some relief
Updated on Dec 06, 2021 03:36 PM IST
Ecostani | Proceed with Char Dham project — with strict ecological safeguards
The change in Centre’s stand should be looked at with regard to the ecological cost of the project so far
Updated on Nov 29, 2021 05:15 PM IST
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Why the demand for MSP law is central to the farm movement
The MSP law needs to make farmers active participants in the agriculture reform story. Having gone through pain and anguish for a year, farmers may not return home without an MSP guarantee law
Updated on Nov 23, 2021 11:35 AM IST
What COP26 achieved and what it didn’t
The United Nations climate conference in Glasgow started on October 31 with the heads of over 140 countries scaling up expectations with impressive announcements
Updated on Nov 15, 2021 02:57 PM IST
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Brace for bitter cold and high pollution this winter
Farm fires this year started late because of delay in paddy harvest in six paddy cultivating states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, the climate trends said
Updated on Nov 09, 2021 11:29 AM IST
Explained: PM Narendra Modi’s commitments at COP26 summit on climate change
Here’s an explainer on what Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed at the UN-led COP26 summit on climate change mitigation, held in Glasgow, Scotland
Updated on Nov 03, 2021 11:27 AM IST
China will take one-third of carbon space by 2030, India 7%, says CSE
The arguments presented by the CSE advocated the concept of climate justice which calls for right of the developing world to grow to provide basic facilities to its people
Published on Oct 30, 2021 10:25 AM IST
A Glasgow explainer: Decoding the climate jargon
The Glasgow conference comes at the time the IPCC has warned countries that the conference could be the last opportunity to enhance emission control measures to keep the temperature below a 1.5 degree Celsius rise from the pre-industrial level by the turn of the century
Updated on Oct 28, 2021 01:51 PM IST
March from many monarchies to a democracy
- Thus, by all accounts, the first election held between October 1951 and March 1952 was no ordinary one.
Updated on Oct 28, 2021 01:30 PM IST
75% districts in India vulnerable to climate crisis, face risk of floods: Report
The study estimates that over 75% of the Indian districts, including 95% of coastal ones, are extreme event hotspots.
Updated on Oct 27, 2021 03:52 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
From the colonial era to post-Independence, a history of powerful farm movements
Protests have acquired intensity at different times, in different geographies, in different contexts, and had different outcomes
Updated on Oct 06, 2021 05:10 PM IST
India can achieve net zero carbon emissions target by 2065-70: Study
India is now the fourth-largest emitter after China, United States and the European Union, and as per IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report released on August 9, it will be among the most severely affected countries
Updated on Sep 19, 2021 11:59 PM IST
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India can achieve net zero in greenhouse gases emission by 2065-70, says Montek
Net zero is the most hotly debated proposal for Glasgow climate conference as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that achieving net zero by 2050 was necessary to keep global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees to pre-industrial level by the end of 2100
Published on Sep 19, 2021 02:52 PM IST
