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 …
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 …
Study flouts basics in privatizing healthcare
CII study recommends greater private role in India's healthcare sector, but the document centres around the lucrative tertiary care market only
Farmers in Telangana protest cap on farm loan waiver
State government proposed to limit loan waiver to last agriculture season
Waste-to-energy plants to get a boost, says Chidambaram
Scheme to encourage cities, municipalities to set up such projects to get encouragement
Kingfisher and Cronies
A little green thought
No tax cuts for pesticide industry in 2007 budget
Budget leak backward districts get short shrift
Will Indian generosity help Africa?
Business bites
Africa Climate Summit: Youth and children demand climate justice, call for action now
Africa Youth Climate Assembly emphasises need for collaborative and immediate action in a declaration, reflects urgency echoed in …
Paris finance meet: Momentum builds for polluter taxes to fund green transition
Panellists discuss shipping and airline levies, financial transaction taxes and fossil fuel taxes at Pact Summit
African cities and climate change: The real debate is who should pay to fix the problem
Re-balancing the carbon equation so African cities urbanise sustainably requires immediate and major investments in infrastructure
'Fossil fuel subsidies should be deemed as negative climate finance'
Experts cite examples of many countries which have begun diverting fossil fuel subsidies towards development projects
Over Rs 2,000 crore to clean up and conserve Ganga
Government sets aside Rs 100 crore to expedite detailed project reports for its controversial river-linking plan.
Setback to health insurance
Private hospitals in Chhattisgarh, Andhra refuse to treat under government insurance scheme
Private desires, public fears
Asian Development Bank’s new plan insists on the private sector answer to water woes
Power to the people
Heads of panchayats arrived in the Capital to demand the power to effectively run the traditional self-government
Don't need subsidies, give us the right price
For most Indians, Mahendra Singh Tikait is the man who brought Delhi to its knees in 1988 with a rally that brought the national capital face to …
New economic model, collaborative effort needed to address environmental challenges in Africa: UNEP
Model must help Africa adapt to climate change while creating jobs for its people
Union Budget 2021-22 cuts funds for autonomous bodies under environment ministry
The allocations are also lower than the actual expenditure for 2019-20
Green Climate Fund urges countries to convert pledges into contributions
Sweden has provided the largest contribution per capita to the Fund so far
Rs 1,400 crore for setting up water purification plants
Ministry of drinking water and sanitation gets Rs 15,260 crore
Tamil Nadu's tank rehab scheme does not hold water
Government approach to restoring traditional waterbodies of Tamil Nadu doesn't hold water