Let solar shine

Census 2011 throws light on the darkness across India. Of the 246 million households, 67 per cent get electricity from the grid, while 31 per …

Polavaram fraud

The Polavaram dam on the Godavari could displace 400,000 people and submerge nearly 4,000 hectares of forestland. Most of the people threatened …

Forest conservation receives government recognition

The 14th Finance Commission of India has reinforced the idea of incentivising states for keeping areas under forests

Forget Union budget, track state budgets now

Food security bill ordinance deferred

Cabinet to consult Opposition in special session of Parliament

Back to toilet school

On August 15, the government announced it had achieved the target of building toilets in all schools in India. But are these toilets functional?

Ideas India

The book celebrates bold enterprises of ordinary Indians

Governors in the dock

They turn a blind eye to laws overriding tribal rights, complains national commission

Panchayati bonanza

13th Finance Commission puts money in the hands of local governments

'High GDP states have grown at the cost of the environment'

North-eastern states and Himachal Pradesh score high on environmental sustainability index, says report by Chennai non-profit

Renewable energy: Investments decline globally

China takes over from Europe as the largest investing region

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

Fresh development plan for naxal-affected districts

Rural schemes to be more flexible; get more funds

Investments in Indian renewable energy sector declining

Is it a temporary phase?

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.

Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it

Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal

Bond, green bond

India has finally entered the green bond market, but at a time when the bonds are not doing well globally. Have we missed the bus?

World Bank unveils new business plan for Africa to battle climate change

Africa may be at the receiving end of adverse climate change even as World Bank launches a new plan to support the countries to adapt to these changes

The truth behind developed nations' pledge to mobilise climate finance

A crucial issue is whether private money should be included in the target to reach US $100 billion for mitigating climate change impacts

What negotiations mean for least developed countries

They insist that loss and damage is a non-negotiable element of the Paris agreement

'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

Lost and damaged

Negotiations on loss and damage signal a weak deal

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 …

The politics of climate change: COP 21 and emerging economies

While top 10 emitters contribute 72 per cent of global greenhouse gases, the lowest 100 emitters contribute even less than 3 per cent

Civil society seconds rural development ministry’s demand for MGNREGA funds

The rural development ministry had recently demanded an additional allocation of Rs 5,000 crore to maintain the momentum of MGNREGA