Dam of defiance

The Chikkapaclasolagi barrage, on the River Krishna in Karnataka, is said to be the country's first "people's dam". But having built …

A great panic

Overextended banks crashing, leading to recession. 1873 revisited

The development laboratory

Where civil society, says SUNITA NARAIN, could learn a decentralisation lesson or two

Some funds creating green portfolios, but investment routes won't change soon

Bring back the social sector, but not interventionist planning

Spoils of local bodies

Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh are about money and pelf

Disengaging with WII should be given rethink, MoEF&CC tells PMO: RTI

In a letter to the PMO, ministry agrees ‘in principle’ to disengage with IIFM

Forget Union budget, track state budgets now

Environmentally unsound

Union budget 2002-03: all the right noises, all the wrong measures

Issues in privatisation and commercialisation of water

Book>> Water: Private, Limited - Issues in Privatisation, Corporation and Commercialisation of Water Sector in India by Gaurav Dwivedi, …

Lost lakes

Karnataka High Court expected to uphold agreements that allowed private firms to develop lakefronts and charge entry fee

After the People met

The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the 'People's Budget'?

The bare essentials

To make community forest management a success

Not brewing right

Tea in the Darjeeling hills is losing its flavour

CDM on small industries' agenda

Union Budget 2021-22: What should be the priorities for agriculture?

Increasing budgetary allocations towards Rural Employment Guarantee Act is non-negotiable   

$1.5 trillion global trade finance gap affecting SDG targets: ADB

Women entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises are the worst-hit

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जल उपकर अधिनियम, 1977 खत्म किए जाने के बाद औद्योगिक ईकाइयों और स्थानीय प्राधिकरण पानी के इस्तेमाल के बावजूद सालाना 2.5 अरब रुपये बचा ...

Peace isn't elusive

After the Pulwama terror strike, the Kashmir debate has reopened. We bring to you an older article from brighter times, which underscores the …

Why Polavaram is a pointless project

The Polavaram dam involves a huge cost but its benefit will be limited

WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries

Ghebreyesus needs to use his strong mandate – notably from the Global South – to truly reform the WHO

'High GDP states have grown at the cost of the environment'

North-eastern states and Himachal Pradesh score high on environmental sustainability index, says report by Chennai non-profit

New science policy brings in PPP

Makes provision for public funding of corporate research and development

Farmers feel left out

The budget is more concerned about the consumer than the grower

In the tax bracket again

The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items -- tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a …