Maharashtra's cash-strapped cane growers to launch agitation

Sugarcane farmers warn of ‘halla bol’ agitation if properties of sugar mills defaulting on payments are not seized by January 28, 2019

Char Dham national highway has cost Uttarakhand its ecological balance

To assess the extent of the ecological damage that construction activity is causing, Down To Earth travelled 250 km on the Char Dham …

NITI Aayog’s PPP model for district hospitals pushes for privatisation of health sector

The move is in line with the Centre's agenda to push government health sector towards privatisation on the grounds that public health …

Africa fails its young scientists by not investing in their innovations

Unless African governments put their money where their mouths are, innovative advances from young scientists on the continent will be stifled

Government’s new housing scheme for urban poor leaves vital questions unanswered

According to an unofficial estimate, there is a shortage of more than 40 million dwelling units, with the demand growing at 10 per cent per annum

Science minister harps on Modi’s mantra of revisiting ‘ancient Indian technologies’ to fight climate change

Y S Chowdary assures that monsoon is in a positive trend and there is no need to have any kind of anxiety

Power for all—can it be achieved?

Round-the-clock assured power supply programme to kick off with Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan; finances and logistics pose a huge challenge

Central funds freeze: MGNREGA workers in West Bengal trapped in vicious cycle of illness and poverty

Workers struggling to make ends meet, have had to put new and existing health issues aside    

Odisha JSW Steel plant controversy: Arrests, police crackdown raises the heat in Dhinkia

Protestors allege nexus between Odisha Police and JSW officials

Calcutta High Court directs state, central governments to pay pending wages to MGNREGA workers

Central government owes West Bengal Rs 2,764 crore in wages for MGNREGA workers

Lethal hypocrisy of US Special 301 Report

Patent protection in the US is a convoluted and expensive business and yet it pulls up other countries that have robust systems

3 things we can do now to help people with disability prepare for disaster

How to expand opportunity, choice and control for people with disability when disaster strikes

Earth Matters

Will the North decide the path of sustainable development for the rest of the world? Will the interests of the South be protected?

Delhi notifies first-ever parking rules to restrain vehicle use, cut air pollution

The rule probibits parking in green areas, parks, footpaths, bus stops and intersections

How schoolchildren are 'seed-bombing' Bihar

A unique initiative by an NGO is helping the state increase its green cover while also spreading awareness

This is what Africa can learn from India's sanitation story

Despite the limitations of the Indian model of sanitation, Africa can draw inspiration from its many positive aspects

Indira, Manmohan, Modi: Why all see civil society with suspicion

The arrests of activists and rights campaigners is set to further dip the relationship between government and the civil society

PM chooses to continue with UPA’s 2013 Land Acquisition Act

A much-elated Opposition said that the government had to give in to popular sentiment 

Centre raises minimum support price for paddy by meagre Rs 50

Farmers across the country have already been left devastated by the unseasonal rains and forecast of 'deficit monsoon'

COVID-19: Centre brings package to boost bulk drugs

Indian pharma industry is critically dependent on imported raw material 

Civil society survey claims welfare schemes halted after Rajasthan government change

Almost 4,000 people in 16 parliamentary constituencies surveyed

Mid-day meal price hike less than Re 1 as food inflation hits record level

The annual rise of material price came after a pause of 2 years because of the pandemic

India bans broken rice export; 20% duty on other grades

Weak monsoon has led to reduction in paddy acreage this Kharif

Rahul Gandhi vows to spend more on health. High time India does

Congress chief vows to push healthcare spend to 3% of GDP, increase staffing

Life after hail