The rulers nouveaux
Madhya Pradesh took a head-start in implementing the 3-tier panchayati raj. But lack of finances might just undo the transfer of power to the people
Where will the moolah come from?
The Third World feels that the move by the industrialised countries to link ADB's lending policies to social objectives may hamper growth in Asia
Squabbles thwart Third World projects
North vs South differences of opinion and the donor countries' control over funds has impeded the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances in …
Healthy, wealthy and wise
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Bickering stalls formation of R&D authority
Scientists and industrialists are trying to give final shape to a body that will select and fund projects.
Glamorous and profitable, too
Biotechnology, which holds the answers to many persistent problems such as controlling disease and increasing food production, has tremendous …
Green money
Financial institutions may soon lend a helping hand to the environment sector, says the Indian environment minister
Reviving Kottayam
The healthy city project is, if nothing else, a pointer to the direction that Indian cities need to move in
Incomplete irrigation projects overshoot budget
The state governments' failure to complete irrigation projects has led to an escalation of their combined cost by close to a whopping one lakh …
UN projects food inflation to go up in 2024 due to El Nino, rising geopolitical tensions
May impact food insecurity, poverty; scaling up climate financing critical to help developing countries cope with climate impact
The curious case of climate finance
While a recent OECD report suggested that climate finance had risen to US $110 billion, India found that the only credible finance was for US $2.…
Not much incentive
The JNU way out
Cut in research funds
BRAZIL
Spillage damages
Complete makeover
Sanitary by 2010
Participatory survey gives Bangladesh the confidence to prepone sanitation coverage target
Don't bank on them
Noted financial institutes support projects harmful to the environs
Dead end
Toll road triggers protests
COM2024: Climate financing hurdles take centrestage at African economic ministers’ conference
Some of the home-grown financing solutions that some African countries have already started embracing include carbon trading
Global climate finance flows for 2015-16 increased by 17%: UN report
The report highlights that a large part of climate finance continues to go towards efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions
COP27 diary (November 12): ‘US won't support legal structures for loss and damage liabilities’
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
Run up to COP27: Only a quarter of global climate finance flows into Asia; much of that in loan
India received a total of $37.1 billion in climate finance during 2013-2020
Corporate social responsibility practices in the times of COVID-19: A study of India’s BFSI sector
Banking, finance and insurance firms must understand the areas in which the society needs action and focus on them