For a place in the sun

Sunita's Bytes on Budget

Muted response

Hepatitis C is a growing problem in India, but government has no programme to manage the disease

South Africa to phase in carbon tax from 2015

Tax to increase at 10 per cent per year; draft policy sets relief limits

Mixed signals for vehicles, transportation

SUVs to be expensive but not diesel cars

Banks expand arms, but not through branches

Smart cards, biometric ATMs, mobile phones the new tools

Good scheme in bad health

A little known community monitoring scheme could prove handy for the new government, which is readying to revamp the country's healthcare system

A symbolic budget

While all the right words have been used in the budget, the programmes are neither well thought out nor given sufficient funds

Mission eclipsed

National solar mission may get derailed as banks hesitate to give loans for its high-risk projects

Experts hail doubling of cess on 'dirty' coal

Money collected from the cess gets deposited in the National Clean Energy Fund but doubts remain over its usage

World Bank funds for agricultural research

Rural people can now get anganwadis on demand

Commercial breach

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Raw Deal

Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan

Up in smoke

National programme on improved chulhas put on ice

Solar lighting systems successful in Rajasthan

Solar power tariff hits record low, sparks worry about coal’s future

The solar power tariff bid of Rs 2.36 per kilowatt / hour is 3.3% lower than the previous record

No absolute immunity for World Bank affiliate: US Supreme Court

In a historic decision involving Indian coal plant, US top court says World Bank affiliate can be prosecuted for environmental damages

Renewable energy: Investments decline globally

China takes over from Europe as the largest investing region

Include public, fight Naxalites

Planning Commission wants to improve Integrated Action Plan

US power sector headed for biggest decarbonisation ever

Bloomberg report estimates that renewable energy penetration and coal-to-gas switching could reduce the sector’s carbon emissions by 35 …

Japan uses climate finance to lend $1 billion to Indonesia for dirty coal

Observers call for clear rules on climate finance to ensure money is not spent on projects that would cause climate change

Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies

Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers

Fight over finance: where's the money, ask developing countries

Developed countries shy away from promising more money to developing nations from next year till 2020 for mitigation and adaptation measures