All of them launch a protest today to make their demands heard

The DMK patriarch was a pioneer in reforming governance in Tamil Nadu. Here are three of his most notable schemes

Down to Earth travels across north India to speak with farmers and animal rearers to find out how cow vigilantism has affected the rural economy

कोयला और खान मंत्रालय ने ट्राइबल सबप्लान की धनराशि आदिवासियों के सामाजिक-आर्थिक कल्याण के बजाय उन्हें नुकसान पहुंचाने वाली योजनाओं पर खर्च की

Almost 90,000 people and more than 7,500 hectares of land under water as NEEPCO dam releases water from the Doyang river that flows through Nagaland and Assam

Villagers were protesting the lack of notice and the lack of information in the local language

खनन प्रभावित क्षेत्रों और लोगों के लिए जिस मकसद से डीएमएफ गठित किया गया था, वह पूरा होता नहीं दिख रहा

The UK’s divorce from Europe will reduce IP protection and may result in an increase in the cost of protection of IP rights on the continent

Millions of people becoming stateless in their own land is totally unacceptable

Excluson of four million people from Assam's draft National Citizen Registry has created panic among the inhabitants

The allegations of collusion between the Andhra government and Singapore companies under the Swiss Challenge Method are not untrue

Through the years, Indian stamps have featured local flora and fauna in varying degrees. Here is an overview

The five are among a total 16 projects approved by the Indian Government as part of ‘a Scheme of National Projects’ for water resource development and irrigation

छह योजनाओं की मूल लागत 3,530 करोड़ रुपए थी लेकिन अब इसकी लागत बढ़कर 86172.23 करोड़ रुपए हो गई है। यह निष्कर्ष कैग ने अपनी रिपोर्ट में निकाले हैं। 

Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues

Heavy rains bring threats of landslides and deadly disease to refugee camps

Uttar Pradesh, which generates over 130,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually, needs to take early measures to facilitate the transition

Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues

Child marriages are not illegal yet but they could be if the WCD ministry’s proposal is accepted

While the Bill has a provision of punishing those who leak information, it does not guarantee that DNA data won't be breached

जम्मू एवं कश्मीर में आतंकवाद की समस्या के समाधान के लिए फौजी ताकत का इस्तेमाल समझदारी भरा कदम नहीं है

The apex court asks the Parliament to draft a new legislation against lynching

India has been dragging its feet over abating odour pollution. Does it lack in infrastructure, or will?

A slew of crucial Bills are likely to be tabled in the session, which will have only 18 working days

जल्द ही इस नाम-बदलाव के सु-परिणाम आने लगे। इस नाम-बदलाव ने देश की कई समस्याओं को समाप्त रातों-रात ख़त्म कर दिया था। 

In a huge victory for those who advocate free and fair internet access, the Indian government has approved net neutrality, but the road to victory was far from smooth

The apex court was told by the Centre that it won’t contest the petitions seeking to decriminalise homosexuality 

इस लीग में किसी टीम को रन नहीं बल्कि सीटें बटोरनी पड़ती हैं। खेल शुरू हो चुका है। 

Progressive provisions like social impact assessment and consent of the affected people are being ignored

Protests are against the amendments in the land acquisition act, which dilute social impact assessments and consent of the landowners  

The Kerala state body tried to change the status of the land it acquired for a marine park near Kozhikode as it was 50 metres away from the seashore

Draft guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economical Responsibilities of Business water down specific recommendations on accountability of businesses 

Why statehood is no answer to the city’s pollution mess

The conglomerate blames the government for the sulphuric acid leak and demands that power supply be restored in the plant

Discrimination against the Dalits is still pervasive in our society, and this is seriously marring the potential of the Mid Day meal scheme

Sterlite Copper's survival despite being shutdown five times in the past two decades owes much to India's malleable regulatory authorities

Can an alien worldview like western science be taught in the vernacular or is it best conveyed in the languages of the culture that created it?

Until we reform environmental governance fundamentally, cases like Sterlite will keep happening and environmental conflicts will only grow

With just nine months to go, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, a scheme that is low on priority of the Lok Sabha and Rajya MPs, is way off the target and calls for a regular and strict monitoring 

पंचायती राज व्यवस्था अपने 25वें साल में है। विकास का महत्वपूर्ण यंत्र बनने के कारण ये सभी दलों को आकर्षित कर रही है। 

दुनिया को ऐसे विचारों की जरूरत है जो तय कर पाएं कि जनसंख्या श्राप है या संसाधन क्योंकि जनसंख्या को श्राप बताते वाले कई अनुमान औंधे मुंह गिरे हैं। 

On Monday evening, the state government passed a government order to shut down Vedanta group's Serlite copper smelting plant permanently

This record, if kept, would have helped the pollution control board plan a better, cleaner tomorrow

Now, government has promised ‘world’s largest health scheme’ whose implementation is not possible, at least in 2018.

Irrespective of being left or right in orientation, the next elections will be about rural issues

Why the Jharkhand government is promoting illegal, parallel governance

Just building infrastructure to bridge inequality in basic services like education is not the answer

जम्मू एवं कश्मीर में गडरिया खानाबदोशों के सामने चुनौतियों महज राजनीतिक नहीं हैं। सालों से उनके अस्तित्व के साधनों पर संकट मंडरा रहा है।

Why the move to grant Constitutional protection to Nomadic, Semi-Nomadic and Denotified Tribes is a step in the right direction

On April 28, when Leisang, a tiny hamlet in Manipur, was connected to the grid, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that it would be "remembered as a historic day in the development journey of India" as India has achieved 100 per cent electrification. What he forgot to mention is the fact that there are more than 32 million households in the country that are yet to be electrified. They are still in the dark. We have certainly not achieved universal access to energy, but how far are we from it? As per data available on the official website of Saubhagya Yojna, on an average 22,300 households are electrified per day. It means, between May 2018 and December 2019, the …

The gruesome Kathua rape was a reminder of the institutional denial of forest and land rights of Jammu and Kashmir's nomadic communities

In the last few years, several governments, which were relying on social welfare schemes for electoral win, were defeated. Ashok Gehlot’s government in Rajasthan is one such example.

As a means of bringing long-term change in public attitudes, education at present is too weak and demands radical improvement

The bullshitter may do even more damage than the liar in politics

Fleeing brutality, the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been settled along elephant corridors, sparking conflict with the gentle giants of forests, who have been, in turn, displaced

In Jharkhand, movement for self-rule is about seeking better governance and community rights over natural resources

Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on restlessness among dalit youth

Studying the cognitive impact of discrimination suffered by minorities can provide inputs in policymaking to help minorities process their environments better

The challenge facing India today is in many ways the biggest challenge facing the entire world

A group of experts give their verdict on whether the long fought over policy will help tackle the country’s water crisis

The audit report highlights that no NOC from panchayat or approval for diversion of forestland was obtained for the 195-MW project

Historian Romila Thapar speaks to Rajat Ghai

Younger, meaner, more self-indulgent, angry and insecure in a climate risked world. We don’t deserve this

What started as a campaign to make India open defecation free, has now taken shape of a cocercive policy of shaming people for not using toilets, denying poor people ration under public distribution system and other welfare schemes

Kiran Bedi's order, suspending free rice distribution scheme for Puducherry's poorest families from end of May unless they produce a certificate that their village is open defecation free, is dictatorial to say the least

Several citizen groups in the state, which is going to polls this year, have drafted manifestos and asked political parties to include them in theirs

This new development will benefit the scheduled tribes residing in Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh

42 per cent of India’s population lives in these states and nearly one in every 4 person is poor

Panchayats have become a kind of systematic investment plan for political parties to deepen their influence

NITI Aayog CEO got it right, almost. Just five states are increasing the global challenge of meeting sustainable development goals

To achieve the target under Saubhagya scheme, the government has to electrify 130, 802 houses each day till December 31, 2018