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Every month, electricity bills arrive in homes and factories across Madhya Pradesh—and every year, they get a little higher. This would make sense if the State were short of power. But it is not. Madhya Pradesh is officially a power-surplus State. So why are consumers paying higher electricity bills for power the State does not even use? The answer lies not in the power plants, but in the contracts behind them.

In the development sector, we often treat research as a neutral exercise. We collect data, document realities, and aim to inform policy. But the more we engage with communities on the ground, the more it becomes clear that research is not neutral. It has consequences. Across India, researchers, consultants, and organisations regularly engage with communities living through poverty, migration, violence, and precarity.

Environment, Madhya Pradesh, Recent Articles The Analysis | May 22, 2026 मध्यप्रदेश में बढ़ती गर्मी और जल संकट मध्यप्रदेश इस गर्मियों में असामान्य उच्च तापमान से जूझ रहा है। भारतीय मौसम विभाग (IMD) की प्रेस विज्ञप्ति के अनुसार 18 मई 2026 को राज्य में कई क्षेत्रों में पारा 45–47°C के पार पहुंच गया था। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक 19 मई को छतरपुर जिले के खजुराहो में अधिकतम तापमान 46.8°C दर्ज किया गया, जो शहर के इतिहास का दूसरा सबसे उच्च तापमान है। उसी दिन छतरपुर के नौगांव में 46.0°C और कई जिलों (भिण्ड,...

India’s 16th Census - eighth since Independence - has finally begun, and for the first time, it will be conducted entirely through digital means. It is also notable that the Census will include caste enumeration for the first time since 1931.

BHOPAL, Madhya Pradesh: It is noon in Babanagar, and the narrow lanes of the settlement have fallen unusually quiet. The sun sits high above the tin-roof houses, reflecting sharply off the metal sheets. Inside one of these homes, the air has already turned heavy and uncomfortable. Rajesh Meena, 30, steps outside and looks up at the roof of his house. By early afternoon, he says, the metal sheets absorb the sun’s heat and slowly release it into the small room below, turning the house into an ‘oven’.

Madhya Pradesh is witnessing a more intense and unstable heat pattern. Short spells of rain and thunderstorms are now quickly followed by extreme heat, making weather conditions increasingly unpredictable. During April and May 2026, temperatures in several districts crossed 43–45°C, with cities like Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Khajuraho, and Gwalior repeatedly experiencing severe heat conditions.

Environment, Madhya Pradesh, Resources The Analysis  | November 17, 2025 Madhya Pradesh has quietly become a hotspot for the illegal import and processing of scrap tyres, an industry operating in the shadows, far from regulatory oversight. What began as a waste-management solution has morphed into a hazardous network of pyrolysis units that burn imported tyres from the U.K., U.S., and Australia, releasing toxic emissions into nearby farms, water sources, and settlements.

Bhopal, the city of lakes, continues to strengthen its cleanliness efforts with a unique initiative — Kachra Cafe. Introduced by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation in August 2025, the cafe is built on a simple yet powerful idea: making waste resourceful. It aims to change how citizens perceive and engage with waste.According to Swachh Survekshan 2023, Bhopal ranked as the fifth cleanest city among those with populations over one lakh.

This blog is part of the Uttarakhand@25 Blog Series by SDC Foundation in collaboration with SCLHR and The Analysis The flash floods and cloudbursts that struck Uttarakhand in August 2025 were not isolated calamities, but stark reminders of the state’s systemic failures. The incessant inflow of water and debris destroyed homes, roads and livelihoods, leaving families displaced and villages abandoned.

The September edition of MP Heat Files is out! This month, we track how rising heat is rewriting public health, water, and labour realities. From deadly “brain-eating” amoeba infections in Kerala to record-breaking heat deaths across Europe the impact of heat is reverberating across the Globe.