Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water

Since 1998, adb has invested us $960 million in urban projects in India.

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Public private prank

Cities are good

Angel argues slowing down urbanisation will hurt the poor the most

Centre fund for rural development mismanaged

Urban renewal: more talk, less infrastructure

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On wrong wavelength

Twenty years after the Supreme Court asserted that people have a right over radio waves, community radio continues to struggle. Instead of …

Revival plan for whom?

Karnataka's ambitious plan to restore the ecology of illegal mining-hit Ballari has no representation from affected communities and environmentalists

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

Forest depts as nodal agency for community forest resources: A political blunder

The Chhattisgarh government issued an order on May 31, making the state forest department the nodal agency for Community Forest Resource Rights 

Climate deal signed in Paris is weak and unambitious: CSE

The phrase ‘historical responsibility’ has been erased from the Agreement. This weakens the obligations of developed countries, says …

UN climate talks: Money for Green Climate Fund to be raised from market

Finance agency goes ahead with decision in spite of demand from developing nations to keep private investments out

No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report

Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade

World bodies to push for bringing Africa into carbon trade net

African Carbon Forum meet an opportunity to review progress on climate change mitigation in the continent'

It is not about farmers

Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers

Budget 2013-14: provisioning for universal healthcare or moving away from agenda?

The world trend is to move towards public health systems, but developments in India seem to be in the opposite direction

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EPA puts resources in cold storage

How green is the budget?

Power of concentration

India has every reason to push for concentrated solar power projects. But the technology has failed to pick up because of poor planning

Hidden industry hand

Attempts are on to derail UN initiative to declare noncommunicable diseases a global priority

WASH: UN report finds 2030 SDG targets may just be a dream

Plans in place to address water and sanitation issues, countries face hurdles in implementation, says GLAAS report 

Climate financing adds to poor countries’ debt pile: Oxfam

Eighty per cent of climate financing was provided as loans in 2017-18, according to study

Elementary failure

Since the Right To Education Act came into force on April 1, 2010, India has been witnessing an experiment that involves parents in enforcing a …