Nepal's poor carry it off

As the Himalayan country's forestry scheme for the poor reaps rich dividends, its government entrusts more degraded areas to the underprivileged. …

Findings of Economic Survey 2015 are cause for worry

Survey hints at what we can expect from Union Budget 2015-16

Land is more than just that

Village refuses to part with forest

People near Chennai plan protest against industrial estate

The key: empowerment

Arouse people's interest in governance

TOURISM & HANDICRAFTS: Backs to the wall

Militancy's most distressing casualties

WATER: Fading glories

Kashmir's dying lakes are choking their dependants

FORESTS: Losing its soul

Comprehend

the problem, and then plan

Jammed!

The state of our nation

Integrate

The key lesson

Cost of growth: Global natural resources depleting by 45% a year

Analysis of data by World Bank from 136 countries shows poor countries are losing natural resources fast without gaining much by way of human …

Cabinet committee approves shale gas exploration

Will the government look into the environmental problems associated with hydraulic fracking to obtain gas?

Do we really need the bauxite from Niyamgiri?

Existing mines can meet India’s demand for the next thirty years, at levels three times our current consumption

Land acquired for SEZs in Maharashtra to be turned into industrial hubs

New industrial policy follows denotification of SEZ land after promoters backed out of 16 deals

Tackling poverty

INDIA: REDUCING POVERTY, ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT, A WORLD BANK COUNTRY STUDY·Oxford University Press·New Delhi·260 pages

El Nino to cause global losses worth $84 trillion by 2099, India may be more vulnerable than estimated

Impacts of El Nino will be more pronounced in poor countries in the tropics like India

COVID-19: Global trade to decline 27% in Q2, warns UNCTAD

Global trade value slumped 3% in first quarter of 2020, according to the report

COVID-19: $2.5 tln needed by developing countries to weather economic crisis, says report

Debts of $1 trillion owed by developing countries needs to be cancelled

MIHAN SEZ, a failure?

Only three companies and 655 employees since its inception in 2006

Panel submits draft of West Bengal land use policy

Recommends ban on government land acquisition for industrial use

Budget can't bring change

The finance minister pleased the growth brigade with three letters "PPP" but failed to bring change where it was most needed. Down …

Bihar’s development model fails to save Nitish

Bihar, touted as India’s fastest growing state under Nitish Kumar rule, has thrown up a startling mandate and shown faith in BJP. The Bihar …

Government hikes minimum support price of paddy by 16 per cent

It’s a rough deal, say farmers

20 years to…where?