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Flooding in the recent times is one of the society’s most significant threats from climate change and dramatic weather events. As such, integrating sponge city construction and green infrastructure have become the new paradigm for a sustainable urban storm water management policy. Sponge city initiative can be implemented in Assam too. After more than seven decades of yearly perennial floods, we know by now that the mighty Brahmaputra cannot be tamed. Nor Assam can fight climate change alone. Sponge city strategy would help Assam to work in unison with nature and sustainably manage rainwater and floodwater which could be a huge advantage not only to the environment but also to the local population as well. This paper aims to suggest certain green infrastructures and sponge city strategies which have been implemented by China and western nations in managing floods. Adopting such strategies may not be able to remove all issues completely but it might definitely work out to reduce the disastrous effect of floods. It will also help to manage water resources efficiently in the State.

The COVID-19 crisis will be penned down in history as one of the worst the world has undergone. Economically speaking, India is faced today with perhaps its greatest emergency since independence and ever since the pandemic has sneaked into the Indian Territory; it has claimed thousands of lives across the nation, virtually bringing the world economy to its knees with millions of people under lockdown. With thousands of death and challenges of not so well equipped medical system, this pandemic will devastate us financially as an economy and a nation. This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy in general and the Indian economy in particular. It appraises the stimulus packages announced by the central government and assesses the potential impact of the shock on various segments of the economy government. It spells out policy changes to survive the downturn like to reduce uncertainty and improve growth scenarios by mobilizing all macroeconomic levers like fiscal, monetary and structural policies and retool and fortify the economy. It also emphasizes sharing and implementing best practices to support workers both employed and unemployed to name a few so that we can together beat this virus back and create a more healthy and hopeful tomorrow.

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