Population populism: What led to the faster decline in fertility in recent decades?

Effective delivery of family planning services, strong incentives and disincentives led to decline in fertility rates  

Ecologically based rodent management can help control pests in rural India

Full community engagement, reducing access to food and shelter and direct killing is the best way to manage rodent populations

How transparent are India’s pollution control boards? Here is CSE’s ranking

Odisha and Telangana top the list with the highest transparency; Andaman & Nicobar, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh ranked lowest

Population populism: Assam’s population control policy: A misguided approach?

The attempt on the part of the incumbent government, to project the Bengali Muslim community as a civilisational threat to Assam’s …

Haryana’s draft norms on stone crushers is old wine in a new bottle

Most units in the state do not comply with existing guidelines, CSE report finds

Crises plaguing state pollution control boards

Employees barely gain technical expertise in the working of SPCBs

India’s pollution control boards were weakened over the last 14 years, as environment ministry lacks roadmap

Several initiatives were taken since 1984 to strengthen the pollution control boards & committees but were not implemented

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Transparent monitoring: Maharashtra pollution control board begins sharing emissions data on public domain

Sharing of CEMS data by state pollution control boards & committees in the public domain was mandated by Supreme Court in 2017

EPCA draws roadmap for brick kilns in Delhi-NCR

Environmental body takes a number of decisions at workshop to discuss region’s brick kiln sector, which is a major cause of pollution

Only 9 pollution control bodies share details of public hearings online: CSE transparency index

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu and Uttar Pradesh share no …

Simply Put: The price of cars

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Pollution control certificate now mandatory for vehicle insurance renewal

With mandatory linking of annual vehicle insurance with valid PUC certificate the compliance level can improve

Researchers develop new technology for water management, flood control

The frequency of recording data is higher and it is more economical when compared to tools available in the market currently

Needed: a spine for Delhi government

There are two sets of rules for polluters. The rich and the powerful can pollute without fear, but the poor have to bear the brunt of their …

Population populism: How redundant is UP’s two-child policy?

The recent UP Population Policy aims to reduce the state’s current total fertility rate, which is 2.7, and bring it down to 2.1 

New Year celebrations: Kolkata saw spike in most noise monitors at midnight among metros

Surge highest around a city hospital, air quality also worsened since January 1

Herbal warfare against dengue

Nichinda leaves can combat dengue and filariasis

Nature’s mosquito repellent

Predator chemicals can prevent mosquitoes from breeding

Flood forecasting not happening ‘correctly’ and ‘timely’ in most states: CAG

According to the CAG report, out of 375 telemetry stations, 222 (59 per cent) were non-operational

Continuous pollution monitoring initiative needs momentum

Although the majority of the industries surveyed by CSE have installed real-time emission monitoring systems, no significant improvements are …

Population populism: UP bill should empower, not control people

Solution to population problem lies in ensuring socio-economic development by addressing issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, …

Pest attacks on rise across India, yet no discussion on spurious pesticides

As allegedly fake pesticides prove ineffective in controlling pests, farmers resort to indiscriminate spraying

Chocks away for green plans

After years of controlling noise pollution, airports across the globe are now trying to curb water and air defilement