Profit from the poor

Fifty-four suicides in Andhra Pradesh have blown the lid off the social posturing by microfinance companies. Before the news of the deaths sank …

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

Energy transition is now a must

Marie-Hélène Aubert, adviser to the French president for international negotiations on climate and environment, was recently in New …

‘Manipulate market, lower drug prices’

In times of rising costs of healthcare compounded by shortage of funds, UNITAID, a UN organisation, was set up in 2006 to improve access to life-…

Difficult to digest

After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?

Karnataka legislature amends state Panchayati Raj Act

Wavering

India's new solar system

New priorities

Wishful thinking

The finance minister's budget speech has come and gone. As analysts sit down to shred it to bits, Down To Earth looks at a wish list of …

Sethusamundram project is unviable

Two for tangle

Development takes backseat in Northeast as two Central agencies try to outcompete each other

People's initiatives

Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments

Tamil Nadu's tank rehab scheme does not hold water

Government approach to restoring traditional waterbodies of Tamil Nadu doesn't hold water

Private sector wants to adopt public health bodies

क्या गरीब देशों को कर्ज के भंवर जाल में फंसा देगा क्लाइमेट फंड?

क्लाइमेट फाइनेंस के नाम पर दिए 4,40,637 करोड़ रुपए में से केवल एक तिहाई ही गरीब देशों तक पहुंच पाया था 

Green bonds: Is it green finance or green-washing?

A foremost requirement to develop a robust green bond market is to harmonise international and domestic guidelines and standards for …

Union Budget 2020-21: Finance Minister promises Rs 4,400 cr to fight air pollution

But the budget document does not reflect the bold increase  

BJP’s maiden budget disappointing for farmers

Jaitley continues with UPA schemes on agriculture, allocates more funds

Ready for only tourists

Uttarakhand government has carried out rehabilitation projects only in tourist circles and ignored other areas that were hit by floods last year

Help Kerala’s rubber sector recover from crisis, urges state finance minister

In the run up to Union Budget 2015, M Suchitra speaks to Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani to draw up a list of the state’s expectations …

Jairam Ramesh seeks to minimise budget cut for rural development

Gives details to finance ministry on the impact of revised budget estimates on individual schemes

Budget offers big push for rural infrastructure

Green transportation gets lip service

Not a bankable strategy

World Bank's forestry projects have not helped reduce poverty, says its own evaluator