Chetan Chauhan is National Affairs Editor. A journalist for over two decades, he has written extensively on social sector and politics with special focus on environment and political economy.
Articles by Chetan Chauhan
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
Cyber crimes registered 11.8% increase last year: NCRB
Most of the increase in cyber crimes came from states such as Telangana and Maharashtra while cases from the top 20 major cities rose by only 0.8%, suggesting more people were being targeted in smaller cities.
Updated on Sep 16, 2021 04:51 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Experts divided over FSSAI’s new proposal for labelling on food packets
The food industry wants the label to be a guideline informing the consumer about the quantity of salt, sugar, sodium and fats in the packet without giving a health warning, saying that the aim should be to enable consumers to make an informed decision and not discourage consumption of packaged food.
Updated on Sep 13, 2021 05:18 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India to have food safety label on front of packets, FSSAI decides
The FSSAI has taken close to eight years to reach this stage as industry had been reluctant to have front of package food safety labels, implemented in some other countries such as Brazil and Chile, clearly stating if the product is healthy for people or not
Published on Sep 12, 2021 12:36 PM IST
29% of India is witnessing dry weather, shows IIT study
Around 29% of India’s geographic area is undergoing a spell of dry weather, two-thirds of the way through the country’s monsoon, which was deficient by 9% at the end of August, according to the drought tracker of the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, released on Monday
Updated on Sep 07, 2021 02:45 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Rain fury toll increases to 680
More than 680 people have died since June 1, when the monsoon officially arrived in the country
Updated on Sep 02, 2021 02:11 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan and Neeraj Santoshi, New Delhi/dehradun
680 dead in monsoon rains; thousands displaced in flood-hit Assam & Bihar
While large-scale flooding displaced thousands of people in Assam, Bihar and some parts of West Bengal, landslides triggered by heavy rain continued to wreak havoc in parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
Published on Sep 01, 2021 06:38 PM IST
Chetan Chauhan and Neeraj Santoshi
In 11 states, less than 25% of oxygen plants operational: Govt
The ministry also said that 35%, or 425, of the total 1,222 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants sanctioned by the Centre since October 2020 have become operational so far.
Updated on Aug 28, 2021 04:28 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan and Hitender Rao, New Delhi, Chandigarh
All you need to know about net zero emissions
The idea of net zero emissions has got a lot of traction among global climate negotiators over the last year and some agreement on it is expected at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November. All major economies have announced net zero targets
Updated on Aug 20, 2021 03:13 PM IST
‘Climate change is for real, 100% certainty that it is caused by human activity’
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday came out with its sixth assessment report on the science of climate change based on the review of over 14,000 published papers by 234 scientists across the world
Updated on Aug 10, 2021 09:29 AM IST
Climate report unlikely to lead to extra efforts
A senior environment ministry official, who has been part of the climate negotiating team for long, said the IPCC report will not alter India’s climate negotiating strategy.
Updated on Aug 10, 2021 02:37 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
O2 Audit: Around 20% of oxygen plants announced during second wave operational
The Centre announced new plants will be set up across the country after the April-May peak of Covid-19 triggered an unprecedented shortage of medical oxygen, with reports suggesting there may have been hundreds of deaths nationwide during this period because the gas was in short supply.
Updated on Jul 27, 2021 04:35 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Half of total Covid-19 deaths logged between April, May
Forty-one per cent of the total Covid-19 deaths in April and May in India came from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi, according to the data shared by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with HT in reply to a Right To Information application.
Updated on Jul 26, 2021 01:09 AM IST
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi