Incorporating social welfare in national planning
FOUNDATIONS OF INDIA'S POLITICAL ECONOMY: TOWARDS AN AGENDA FOR THE 1990S Edited by Subroto Roy and William James . Publisher: Sage Publications,…
Global resource use must be careful and fair
Environmental stress has resulted mainly from unsustainable consumption levels in poor nations because of bad land-use and degraded village …
The utopian trap
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA Edited by Kartik C Roy, Clement A Tisdell and Raj Kumar Sen Publisher: Oxford …
Where a community maps its resources
It's a unique experiment. Three Kerala organisations are involving local communities to evolve a blueprint for development based on …
Future in the past
FUTURE OF PROGRESS: REFLECTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Edited by Vandana Shiva, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Edward Goldsmith and Martin Khor …
A safety valve!
Alarmed by super rapid industrialisation in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank suggests urgent corporate 'voluntary' action and …
Whither liberalisation
The post-GATT liberalisation era has come to India not only with its enchanting platter of economic efficiency, technological treasure trough …
Eco-friendly growth
Despite a growing economy, global carbon emissions declined by 0.5 per cent in 1998
UNITED NATIONS
Rajya Sabha passes the Constitutional Amendment Bill on GST
The move paves way for a uniform tax regime in India
For the record
Conservation corridors
Asia to have its first cross-country linkages of fragmented habitats
Growth might dry up
GDP growth is not a fool-proof measure against climate change
A look at the future
There is, therefore, no dearth of opportunities that can and should be seized to get rid of poverty and illiteracy, improve living standards, and …
Is net-zero concept zeroing in on climate change? A sustainable consumption critique
Increasing demand for resources and energy-intensive lifestyles make it nearly impossible for technological fixes to reduce carbon emissions
Economic Survey underlines effect of demonetisation, lowers growth forecast
Fiscal prudence by the Centre as well as the states is needed in order to maintain overall fiscal health of the economy
Natural resources can pay for Myanmar's needs
The government can allocate money more rationally between ministries and set ministry spending limits based on available resources, thanks …
The unbearable burden of 2015
This is the second full budget of the NDA, coinciding with the second year of its governance
Qualitywise, India is miles ahead
The Indian entries in a recent development video competition held by the British Council, far outpaced their competitors in production quality, …
Green politics must be pragmatic to succeed
Erstwhile Green Party spokesperson Sara Parkin on the future of green movements in the industrialised world.
Japan at cross roads
If there is one country that has done quite well for itself in managing the natural environment throughout its history, it is Japan. But the run …
When Will India Be Able To Control Pollution?
Not till the middle of the 21st century. So be prepared to leave your children behind in a living hell. Unless you are prepared to browbeat your …
Eco-links
India's first Human Development Report needs to look beyond numbers at ecology-poverty linkages
Shortchanged
What ails the economies of the eight northeastern states? The warped fiscal policies of the Union government
Breathless Asia