Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have largely consumed world's carbon budget
The historical division of the carbon pie has been iniquitous, with rich, developed countries taking the lion's share
Budget 2018: Swachh Bharat Mission funds cut down
For the first time in the last four years, the allocation for the sanitation programme was reduced
Economic Survey bats for one-time cash transfer to pregnant women
Investment in maternal health can become a top policy priority of the central government
The unbearable burden of 2015
This is the second full budget of the NDA, coinciding with the second year of its governance
How will Centre double farmers’ income by next year? Union Budget 2021-22 has no answer
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set the ambitious target in 2016
Union Budget 2021-22: What should be the priorities for agriculture?
Increasing budgetary allocations towards Rural Employment Guarantee Act is non-negotiable
Budget 2023-24: New mission for welfare of PVTGs launched
Rs 15,000 crore allocated to Pradhan Mantri PVTG mission for next three years
Economic Survey 2019-20: Need was to get serious about climate crisis
Listing ‘green’ programs is not the point
Budget 2020-21: Climate Change must be mainstreamed
But there is much potential for big-ticket schemes focusing on low-tech solutions suited to India
Cess excess: How India’s states remain deprived of what revenue Centre collects
Collection of cesses, surcharges strong tool for central govt to generate revenue, but at cost of states’ share
What does Union Budget 2021-22 mean for students, farmers, migrants, health workers? Not much
What was expected in a time of crisis were bold decisions. But finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to play it safe
Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu promises green, clean Indian Railways
With measures to boost solar power generation and water conservation, budget has been termed “futuristic and technology-driven”
In a fiscal ditch? African countries should try public participation in the budget process
Economic Survey 2019-20 FULL COVERAGE
Simply Put: Blue Economy
Simply Put: Modi's economic growth rate
Union Budget 2019-20: Four observations on affordable housing
Reading between the lines of the Budget document on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Budget 2018: Need adequate investment to plug gaps in education system
Around 20 per cent teachers currently working in government schools are untrained
Dear Mr Finance Minister
DTE Coverage: How green was Union Budget 2024-25
Read Down To Earth’s coverage about key insights from the last budget before poll season
Is the Union budget still relevant?
Concerns are being expressed over important economic decisions being taken outside the process of budget formulation
We have missed the bus again
Government lost the opportunity of using fiscal signals to discourage polluting technologies and fuels
In the Parliament on March 1, 2016
Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
Railway budget focuses on capacity creation
With no increase in fare, the rail budget calls for generating Rs 1.84 lakh crores with an operating ratio of 92 per cent
Union Budget 2022-23: Why CSE disagrees with government’s proposal on coal gasification
The chances to reduce emissions through coal gasification are very remote, says CSE