Plastic Unlimited

New rules to restrict the use of plastic in India may end up promoting the polymer industry

Disaster fund for cold wave

Decision likely after Madhya Pradesh incurred huge crop losses in January

Fine the rulers

Forest eviction issue gets thornier

A dinosaur mindset

Promises and lies

Supreme Court stays government's sham deal of promising land to tribals

We plan to involve panchayats in monitoring pollution levels

Sheila Rani Chunkat has recently been appointed chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). She spoke to Binayak Das on how …

Carry the burden

Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations' detriment. …

PAYING FOR POLLUTION

One of the world's oldest refineries, Digboi, faces closure

Rise of third sector

NGOs’ relationship with the government has been redefined over the years with changing social and political scenario

Effluent treatment plants have not proved effective

Tishya Chatterjee , member secretary, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) spoke to Manish Tiwari on the presence of persistent …

Probing a pesticide tragedy

Laboratory tests nail the Plantation Corporation of Kerala. The state government sets up an inquiry committee

Waiting for a miracle

Citizens approaching the courts for protecting lakes in cities is all very well. But in the end, it is a choice between using land for water or …

Costly push to mega projects

Cabinet Committee for Investment may dilute environmental and forest clearances

States’ entry ruffles GM lobby

Biotech firms object to states getting a say in approving GM crop trials

Courting controversy

Ram Naik passes a death sentence for Dahanu's fragile ecology

Nothing to smile about!

Yashwant Sinha pleases the industry by playing a rude joke on the environment

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

For India, with fizz

JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health

Swamped

The convoluted laws of the country fail to tackle the menace caused by the exponentially growing and powerful plastic industry in India

Stumbling blocks

The Gujarat earthquake struck at the very foundation of urban India. The disaster highlighted the haphazard manner in which the country's towns …

Controls off for diesel generators

Key environmental clause deleted from rules governing diesel generator sets barely six months after implementation

Losing light

Bachat Lamp Yojana flounders. Investors say faulty mechanism makes it a bad deal

In A Spot

Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?

Right diagnosis, wrong pills

While the Centre has rightfully recognised medical devices as a separate category for policy making, its decision to allow 100 per cent foreign …