A working government?

INDIA

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Cheap fuel, high cost

By lowering the price of diesel, the government has compromised on the health, of its citizens

Plans galore

The Union and the Delhi governments pledge to tackle air pollution

Number jumble

Latest data on solid waste could be a statistician's nightmare

No subsidy for LPG

Down the drain

The recently launched food for work programme may not ensure local food security

No LPG for vehicles

Green move

Or political manoeuvre?

Resource rift

Between Nagaland, centre

Miseducation in Bastar

An ethnobotanist flags the problem with education in tribal areas

MoEF's flip-flop

Prop review

Panel set up to study MSPs

Sapped

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

Troubled start

Creation of panchayati raj ministry sparks row

TRAI package threatens Internet access in rural areas

The power of the zephyr

The government is sowing the wind for energy, attracting investments with the promise of fiscal felicity

Lifting of ban earns UP government brickbats

The Uttar Pradesh government's decision to lift the ban on tree-felling in the Garhwal Himalaya has brought on it the wrath of both the Central …

Blame it on the foreign hand

The government's policy of screening long-staying foreigners for AIDS is an attempt to find a scapegoat for a national health problem

New Bill aims to restrict groundwater use

The government is preparing legislation to regulate the use of tubewells because water-tables in the country are falling rapidly. But the …

Liberalisation viewed through worker's eyes

FOOD, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL IN INDIA AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Stuart Gillespie and Geraldine McNeill Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price:

Industry wary of entering handicapped market

New, more efficient aids are being developed for the physically handicapped under a government project. The stumbling blocks, however, are the …

Cloudy days for solar cooker

Subsidy amounts and sales figures may not always be indicators of commercial success. After a decade-old promotion campaign, only a few …

THE BIG BAD WHITE MEN

To villagers in Bihar, the Dunkel Draft and GATT are not proposals or agreements but a couple of angrez out to play havoc with their lives.