Economic Survey 2022-23: Production of coal to cross 900 million tonnes next financial year

Coal industry is expected to grow at 6-7 per cent annually to reach a production level of one billion tonnes by 2025-2026

Is India set for big shift in its energy mix?

Announcements made by energy minister Piyush Goyal at Davos indicate drastic reduction in capacity addition in thermal power

15 African nations set up fund to fight Ebola

The recent outbreak of disease has claimed about 500 lives; medics continue efforts to combat misconceptions and mistrust around the disease

Mindless on ‘reform’

Reforms in India have become synonymous with opening up to foreign capital. Does it reform our corrupt polity or institutions?

Economic Survey low on health; public health infrastructure may take a backseat

The Survey reiterates the government’s commitment to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Almost 60% of Africa’s low-income countries in debt distress: UNCTAD

Ghana and Tunisia are in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency loans

Geospatial tech can fast-track sustainable development beyond COVID-19: UNESCAP

But re-skilling youth and investments to strengthen their technological skills will be essential  

Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time

Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague

E-waste is not waste, but treasure

There is 100 times more gold in a tonne of smart phones than in a tonne of gold ore itself! But the precious metal is virtually thrown away …

Climate change disrupts the goal of doubling farmers’ income

According to the just tabled Economic Survey, the government needs to implement “radical” actions to ensure the Prime Minister’…

Fruitful venture

Now, the natural process by which plants absorb carbon dioxide is translating into profits for the farmers of Karnataka

India: How COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women

Economic abuse tends to involve controlling and coercive behaviour by a woman’s partner, in-laws or other family members

UNDP administrator pushes for forest protection for sustainable development at Davos

‘Commodity production without deforestation a win-win situation’

Economic growth has done little to reduce child under-nutrition

Data taken from 121 health surveys and 36 countries has been analysed

Rise of Asia: Will GDP do the talking?

The trend is now backed by numbers, as revealed by the European Report on Development

Maharashtra dumps SEZ for real estate

Its new industrial policy appears to benefit industrial houses

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Sham, sham

A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption

Hunger in South Africa: Study shows one in five are at risk

Social inequalities are well documented in South Africa, but not enough is known about the link between social vulnerability and food insecurity …

Oxfam’s latest report is a wake-up call on the ever-increasing gulf between India’s haves and have-nots

India should adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic model to reduce its inequalities

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

73% of the wealth generated in India in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while the poorest half of the population saw only a 1% increase in their wealth

COVID-19: Economic Survey credits lockdown for India’s success, silent on nitty-gritties

‘1918 Spanish Flu lessons were guiding factors for India’s lockdown, other pandemic strategies’

COVID-19: A long economic quarantine

Forecast of high temperature, erratic rains and cyclone push India’s poor into a point of no survival return  

El Nino and La Nina weather events set to increase: report

Frequency of extreme weather events is expected to nearly double with global warming—from one in 23 years to one in 13 years

Civil society raises alarm as regional free trade negotiations get under way in Delhi

‘Regional FTAs will jeopardise farming, dairy, manufacturing and generic medicines sectors’