Nikhil Singh

Nikhil Singh is a Senior Correspondent at The ESG India, covering ESG, CSR, sustainability and government policy across India. He reports on corporate accountability, climate action and social impact.
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Drug plant effluent breeds resistance while complying fully with discharge limits

Hyderabad - Around 30 per cent of India drug exports are manufactured…

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A single chip fab drinks what a town of 60,000 uses in a year

Dholera - A single large semiconductor fabrication plant can consume between 10…

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SEBI green debt rules turn on tracking proceeds, because money is fungible

Mumbai - SEBI has built its green bond rules around a single…

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ESG rules are landing hardest on the companies they do not cover

Pune - The most consequential effect of Indian ESG regulation is falling…

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Three research houses shape how a third of the Indian market votes

Mumbai - Institutional investors hold roughly a third of Indian listed equity,…

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Effluent rules extend to micropollutants as zero liquid discharge stays a licence condition

New Delhi - Zero liquid discharge sounds like an environmental aspiration. For…

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EU due diligence reaches the dyehouse, and Indian textile exporters cannot see that far

Tiruppur - Indian garment exporters are being asked for data their European…

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Industrial groundwater goes on the meter as CGWA tightens permit conditions

New Delhi - Industrial groundwater users now report their extraction monthly through…

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India opens nuclear power to private capital by repealing the law that kept vendors out

New Delhi - Parliament passed the SHANTI Bill in December 2025, repealing…

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India largest methane source is agriculture, and its climate plan does not mention it

New Delhi - India emitted roughly 31 million tonnes of methane in…

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