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Business News > Mint Authors > Amit Kapoor

Amit Kapoor

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY AMIT KAPOOR

Groundwater is a major source of urban water supply worldwide and aquifer storage is a key means to achieving water-supply security.

India’s urban groundwater crisis is worsening: Here’s what to do

3 min read . 22 Jan 2025

Waste-to-energy plants that incinerate solid waste to generate power are widely accepted for meeting stringent OECD emission norms.

Use power tariffs: The strategy Delhi needs to resolve its waste crisis

5 min read . 13 Dec 2024

Debroy had a profound grasp of spiritualism and was best known for his magnificent translation of the Mahabharata in 10 volumes.

A tribute to a friend, philosopher and guide: Bibek Da, a man of rare intellect

3 min read . 02 Nov 2024

For decades, space travel was characterized by expensive, one-time-use rockets that needed extensive resources for each launch. (AP)

Musk’s SpaceX has taken significant leaps in space exploration

4 min read . 21 Oct 2024

While the PM SVANidhi scheme has done well to empower street vendors, it also illustrates complexities in addressing their problems and implementing solutions. (AFP)

PM SVANidhi: An idea that lays down a model for marginal vendors to go formal

4 min read . 11 Sep 2024

States are at different stages of development, and prioritising growth without social progress is difficult.

The eastern states have a big role in India's development aim

4 min read . 20 Aug 2024

India can adopt ‘best practices’ from frameworks across the world while incorporating local capabilities and resources.

India mustn’t lose time on a climate finance taxonomy

4 min read . 26 Jul 2024

A renewed welfare system should accelerate progress towards climate-resilient development through a focus on mitigation. Image: Pixabay

Holistic climate resilience strategies will be key to empowering people

5 min read . 17 Jul 2024

PLFS data shows that a sizeable proportion of the workforce aged 15 to 59 still lacks formal vocational or technical training.

India needs a data-driven strategy to plug skill development gaps

4 min read . 07 Jul 2024

We must assess our capacities to identify which products can be efficiently produced locally and traded globally.

India's trade deficit: A comprehensive strategy could boost exports

4 min read . 06 Jun 2024

Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and the Internet of Things, among other technological forces, are significantly altering not just the way we work, but also the set of skills in demand.

India should prepare itself for a dynamic employment scenario

4 min read . 13 Mar 2024

The biggest hit had been suffered by the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), with a nearly 33% fall in the allocated budget in 2023-24 from 2022-23. (Photo: Mint)

We mustn't spread India’s social sector spending too thin

4 min read . 16 Feb 2024

Poor water quality and lack of adequate access to sanitation are significant causes of disease and poor health.

Water resource inadequacy is a challenge India must take head on

4 min read . 23 Jan 2024

Through the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, India has aimed at mainstreaming an environmentally conscious lifestyle for sustainable development. (AFP)

G20 success: We must pursue promises of the New Delhi Declaration

3 min read . 03 Nov 2023

With a clear recognition of contemporary multidimensional challenges and potential crises, the Declaration underscored the presidency’s action-oriented approach, as is evident from the range of outcomes in the document. (AFP)

The New Delhi Declaration was a win for India and the world at large

5 min read . 10 Oct 2023

To address hidden hunger, India has embraced food fortification as a strategic approach.

Rice fortification can help tackle our problem of hidden hunger

4 min read . 21 Sep 2023

In 2020, India was home to 900 million people in the working-age bracket, and the country will add more than 100 million by 2030.

Create more competitive jobs to drive the Indian economy ahead

3 min read . 11 Jul 2023

In recent years, India has seen an increased focus on facilitating entrepreneurship through myriad schemes and initiatives.

India needs to fill the vacuum of its mid-sized enterprises space

4 min read . 29 May 2023

Use a clear compass to navigate our challenges and opportunities

4 min read . 16 Feb 2023

This key competitiveness challenge lies in the build of our market structures.

How to make India more competitive — reform distorted markets

4 min read . 06 Dec 2022