Issue: October 2016
 
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Textiles’ – the word brings up images of beautiful drapes – cotton, silk, chiffon, lace. Whether it is the material draped on the figurine of the lady f...
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Textiles the word brings up images of beautiful drapes cotton, silk, chiffon, lace. Whether it is the material draped on the figurine of the lady from Mohenjadaro, the stylish drapes of Cleopatra, the ball dance gowns of the Victorian Era or the lovely dresses worn by our own queens and princesse...

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  Tapping Sustainable Energy Alternatives
  The second lead article, which is also focus article, is written by Shri N Bhadran Nair. Citing a report of the World Health Organisation, the author has advocated for tapping sustainable energy alternatives
  Financing Renewables in India
  The third article is written by Shri P C Maithani, Adviser, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He has focussed on renewable energy resources
  Steps to Achieve India’s Solar Potential
  The special article is written by Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power. He opines that India must also honour its global commitments on curbing greenhouse gas emissions
Sanitation and Social Change in India- TOWARDS A CLEANER INDIA
Vijayan K Pillai , Rupal Parekh

OF THE 2.6 billion people who lack toilet facilities, nearly 650 million live in India. In order to address this gigantic problem of sanitation, the Government of India has launched a nationwide "Clean India Program.” The success of this programme and in particular, its sustainability is likely to depend upon its coherence with the social structural forces, which drive poor sanitary conditions. The purpose of this study is to explore the social structural context of sanitation in India. We propose a multivariate model of sanitation and assess its empirical validity with data from the National Family Health survey – III. W We find that modernization plays a significant role in improving sanitary conditions. More importantly, we suggest that in order for the programme to be successful, we need strong political will which will bring modern amenities and public health education to the door steps of the people. The world population is expected to reach about 9.6 billion by 2050 and nearly 66 per cent of this population will be living in urban areas (Porter, Dyball, Dumaresq, Deutsch & Matsuda, 2014; Evans, 1998). This means an addition of nearly 2.4 billion to the current population with the percentage of population urban increasing 12 per cent by 2050. Population growth is high in developing countries such as India where, though there has been a decline in total fertility rates in recent decades, the population size continues to increase rapidly owing to population momentum (Chandrasekhar, 2013). Although, the proportion of urban population is lower in developing countries than in developed countries, nearly 53 per cent of the world's urban population lives in developing countries in Asia. Perhaps, one of the most undesirable consequences of rampant population growth and urbanization is the collapse of sanitary conditions resulting in poor population health (Rayner & Lang, 2013).

 
 
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