Bhasker Tripathi

Lucknow

Climate Correspondent at Context

Climate Correspondent at Thomson Reuters Foundation

Learning snooker and other things • Climate Correspondent @TRF @ContextNewsroom • Grantee: @pulitzercenter

Articles

How a small Indian state overcame parametric insurance hurdles

3 weeks ago | context.news | Bhasker Tripathi

What’s the context? As countries face challenges using parametric insurance, a small Indian state found success by taking control of the process. NEW DELHI - As climate-fuelled disasters become more frequent and intense, companies and countries are experimenting with new models of insurance and financial help to manage risks and losses, among them, parametric insurance.
Indian industries swap polluted air with each other in health fix

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Bhasker Tripathi

Using a carbon market-like tool to control air pollution can help developing countries such as India, where the standard approach of limiting the emissions with policymaking is falling short, a new study has found. Air pollution is one of the most pressing health issues in India, where the country's 1.4 billion people breathe air exceeding the World Health Organization's guidelines for particulate matter.
Indian industries trade polluted air with each other in health fix

1 month ago | context.news | Bhasker Tripathi

What’s the context? Can a system based on market trading help India beat back air pollution, one of its most pressing health issues?
Green promise of India’s ethanol-blend fuel could be undone by land, water demands

1 month ago | scroll.in | Bhasker Tripathi

Green promise of India’s ethanol-blend fuel could be undone by land, water demandsIndia is pushing to add more biofuels to its fuel in a bid to shift to cleaner energy. Its target of a 20% ethanol blend in its gasoline by the end of this year aims to reduce both tailpipe pollution and the country’s reliance on imported oil and natural gas.
In Data: India's biofuel plans threaten land and water

1 month ago | context.news | Bhasker Tripathi

A farmer carries bundles of dry grass to keep water from flowing out of his field in Navagam village in the western Indian state of Gujarat October 12, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveWhat’s the context? India's ambitions to mix more ethanol in gasoline poses threats to land, water and food securityNEW DELHI - India is pushing to add more biofuels to its fuel in a bid to shift to cleaner energy.
Failing crop insurance proves costly for vulnerable Indian farmers

2 months ago | scroll.in | Bhasker Tripathi

After years of low rainfall devastating soya bean crops on his central Indian farm, Dileep Patidar last year planted the pulse urad as it needs less water and he counted on the government’s crop insurance scheme to cover him if it did not work out. But the gamble failed and he lost nearly half his crop. Then the insurance money never came.
India's farm insurance proves costly for most vulnerable

2 months ago | bilyonaryo.com | Bhasker Tripathi

SOURCE: Thomson Reuters Foundation India’s crop insurance leaves vulnerable farmers exposed Farmers in high-risk areas pay more for less Effective crop insurance can boost farmers’ resilience By Bhasker Tripathi NEW DELHI, March 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After years of low rainfall devastating soya bean crops on his central Indian farm, Dileep Patidar last year planted the pulse urad as it needs less water and he counted on the government’s crop insurance scheme to cover him if it did...
Eye on ‘net zero’, India makes big push to secure critical minerals

2 months ago | scroll.in | Bhasker Tripathi

As the world rushes to secure minerals critical for rapidly-expanding clean energy technologies, India is joining the fray to try to meet its ambitious green energy goals. India said in January the government and state mining companies would spend 343 billion Indian rupee ($3.94 billion) to boost local production, recycling and imports of critical minerals in a bid to secure enough for its energy transition, in an initiative coined the “National Critical Mineral Mission”.
India's $4-billon bet to secure critical minerals

Mar 7, 2025 | licas.news | Bhasker Tripathi

As the world rushes to secure minerals critical for rapidly expanding clean energy technologies, India is joining the fray to try to meet its ambitious green energy goals.
India's $4-billon bet to secure critical minerals

Mar 5, 2025 | context.news | Bhasker Tripathi

What’s the context? India launched a $4 billion initiative to secure critical minerals amid a global race pushed by the clean energy transition. NEW DELHI - As the world rushes to secure minerals critical for rapidly-expanding clean energy technologies, India is joining the fray to try to meet its ambitious green energy goals.