National Clean Air Programme is a half hearted policy

India may have announced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), but neither does it have any legal backing nor financial support, making it a …

Spectrum allocation in India: journey so far

The Centre has set the stage for the largest spectrum auction ever. Let’s look back at the developments leading to government’s …

Cabinet gives nod to new agriculture insurance scheme

The new scheme will be unable to address the existing agrarian crises, say experts

The right call?

Norms to curb mobile radiation do little to assuage people’s fear

States’ entry ruffles GM lobby

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

Forest dwellers denied rights

Government considering amending Forest Rights Act

Biotech industry has a new patron

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

Life after hail

New poverty estimate scrapped

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh orders for new methodology

‘Need balanced criteria to judge backwardness’

Following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s campaign for special status for Bihar, a panel of six experts chosen by the Union Finance Ministry …

Water may shift from State to Concurrent List

Panel to make the suggestion before the Cabinet in June

Pesticides lobby’s coup

Krishi Bhavan supports endosulfan companies; Kerala protests

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 …

Who is watching GM crops?

As India gets ready to unleash a vast number of genetically modified (GM) food crops, politicians have joined activists in opposing engineered …

Rights without benefits

Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, …

Eye on the storm

Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s livelihood. What did it …

Kind to cash

The government has a plan to reach welfare to the poor without wasting money. It wants to put hard cash in their hands instead of spending on …

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Solar energy is everybody's business

Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it

Cloud over CIC post

Transparent selection demanded for information commissioners

RTI in reverse gear

Bureaucrats want right to reject right to information applications

BlackBerry suspended, questions on technology governance remain