ODF India: Is a critical government survey on toilet access, use being withheld?

According to high-level government sources, the survey results contradict the government’s open-defecation free status claim

Will electoral compulsions force govt to use muscular tech?

Display of technological power is being identified as a valid political tool to galvanise public sentiment

पहला पेशा, अंतिम मौका

करीब 120 वर्षों से कृषि शिक्षा के जरिए भारत की खेती-किसानी…

मनरेगा में आधी से ज्यादा है आधी आबादी की हिस्सेदारी

2018-19 में मनरेगा के तहत काम करने वालों में महिलाअेां की हिस…

Tax avoided by corporate groups can eradicate global poverty

As economic slowdown murmur becomes loud across the world, the debate over income inequality gains volume

हीट वेव : 2050 तक 250 करोड़ लोगों के पास होंगे एयरकंडीशनर

जिन देशों में अब तक एसी की जरूरत नहीं रहती थी, अब वहां भी त…

Heatwave effect: 2.5 billion people to have air conditioners by 2050

Traditionally cooler or naturally conditioned areas in the US and Europe have reported sale and installation of more air conditioners

Payment for Ecosystem Services: Himalayan states should demand more

Their demand for “green bonus” triggers the payment for ecosystems debate

‘Accelerating exodus from farming key to achieve target of doubling income’

To double farmers’ income reduce the number of farmers, suggest policy makers

17 साल से लगातार कृषि क्षेत्र में कम हो रहा है सरकारी निवेश

आम धारणा के विपरीत, वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था में कृषि का यो�…

Droughts: misery in slow motion

Successive droughts and water scarcity are causing long-term harm in ways that are poorly understood and inadequately acknowledged

For 17 years, govt investment in agriculture dips across the world

In contrast to popular belief, agriculture’s share in global economy has been increasing

Farmers ageing, new generation disinterested: Who will grow our food?

Reviving India’s agriculture is the country’s most important agenda

खुशहाली मापने का आधार नहीं है बढ़ती जीडीपी

दुनिया को धीरे-धीरे एहसास हो रहा है कि आय अथवा जीडीपी से �…

दुनिया का हर तीसरा बच्चा गरीब: यूएनडीपी

यूएनडीपी की नई रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि दुनिया में वयस्�…

Every third child in the world is poor: UN

Children are more prone to poverty than adults across the world

Union Budget 2019-20: First time in five years, MGNREGA gets Rs 1,084 crore less

Budget allocation for Ministry of Rural Development gets Rs 5,200 crore extra

आर्थिक सर्वे : किसानों ने कम किया उपभोग तो नीचे बैठ गई विकास दर

सस्ते अनाज ने किसानों को कम पैदावार के लिए मजबूर किया जि�…

आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण ने दी ‘बौनों’ को खत्म करने की सलाह  

आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण में कहा गया है कि जो छोटे उद्योग आर्थि�…

Economic Survey 2018-19: Growth slowest in five years due to low food inflation

Agriculture sector contracted in fourth quarter; farmers produced less, spent less on consumption

आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण: देश में घट रही है प्रजनन दर, जनसंख्या वृद्धि दर में होगी गिरावट

आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण में कहा गया है कि आने वाले सालों नौ राज�…

Kill ‘dwarves’, recommends ‘creatively destructive’ Economic Survey

India’s small firms are holding back growth and job creation; government plans for something else to tide over job crisis

Economic Survey 2018-19: School going population peaks as fertility rate declines

Nine states, which have fertility rates well below the replacement rate, will have an aged population by 2030s

क्या हमारे बजट में जन भागीदारी है?

बजट में जन भागीदारी बढ़ाने की सरकारी कोशिशें क्या वाकई �…

Expect budget to be rural-centric, focus on delivery to beneficiaries

PM Modi has already launched a major water conservation campaign, put the focus of his second tenure on revival of the agrarian economy