As told to Parliament (March 21, 2022): PM10 pollution worsened in 31 cities in 2020-21, decreased in 96

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Union Budget 2022-23: Whither Amrit Kaal

Nirmala Sitharaman did not talk about the developmental targets promised for this year under the Strategy for New India@75, but set the country …

India GDP growth for festival quarter disappoints

Pandemic shadow prolongs on economy as central scales down full-year growth estimates

UP Assembly polls 2022: Why state’s ‘jobless growth’ decade will be a headache for new government

Trends over the decade indicate that the pace of economic growth is slow and not sufficient if UP wants to achieve the goal of becoming a trillion-…

Why the cost of mitigating climate change can’t be boiled down to one right number, despite some economists’ best attempts

Precise predictions raise the risk of conveying too much certainty in a constantly changing world

Basic income support in South Africa: Risks, rewards and what it will take

The money will be taken from employed citizens and the affluent

Climate change can wipe off 84% of Sudan GDP, warns report

The damage will reduce but remain significant even if global temperature rise is limited to 1.5°C

What Bhutan got right about happiness, and what other countries can learn

Bhutan has recorded an average growth in annual GDP of 7.5% since the early 1980s; poverty levels have declined from 36% in 2007 to 10% in 2019

Least developed countries need help to overcome COVID-19-induced economic setback: UNCTAD

Boosting productive capacities biggest hope for LDC to cushion COVID-19 impacts 

COVID-19: Tanzania needs $1.1 billion support right away, says IMF

Current account deficit of the east-African country expected to widen to 4.5% of 2021-22 GDP    

Agriculture sustains growth, but what about the whole year?

All sectors of Indian economy, except farm, remain below 2019-20 levels

Introducing Gross Environment Product in Uttarakhand: A jargon or reality?

The Uttarakhand government should introduce a well-defined concept of ecosystem services; planting a new term raises doubts on its objectives 

COVID-19 second wave: SBI slashes FY22 GDP growth estimate to 7.9%

India’s economic recovery will be ‘W-shaped’ instead of ‘V-shaped’ as was anticipated earlier, the bank said.  

Is India in a position to announce a target of net zero emissions by 2050?  

This has to be decided keeping into consideration the country’s national circumstances and the feasibility of achieving such a target

Biden is inheriting a wrecked economy, but Democrats have a record of avoiding recession and reducing unemployment

Since Eisenhower assumed presidency in 1953, the economy measured by GDP, unemployment, inflation & recessions has done better …

Drop of 8.7% in India’s per capita GDP in 2020-21: First advance estimates

Country’s real GDP will shrink by 7.7 per cent in 2020-21, a government release said

Enhanced food security and soil biodiversity: A climate-positive approach

Conservation of soil biodiversity, soil organic carbon through sustainable farming practices should be deemed essential to improve agricultural …

Agriculture sector has beaten pandemic, latest GDP figures show

Estimate for June quarter reported a contraction of 23.9 per cent in national GDP, but agriculture was the only sector to have reported positive …

Book Digest: Calls to action against climate change, air pollution and more

Role of technology to fight off COVID-19 pandemic to inevitability of climate crisis, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and …

GDP loss due to COVID-19 will lead to higher mortality

As economies take a tumble in states, expect a toll bigger than the pandemic itself

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent’s economies

Trade and financial integration are both about countries exporting to and importing from each other. The two are often referred to as economic …

COVID-19 impact pushes India’s $5 trillion dream 3 yrs farther

Policymakers must focus equally on all 3 sectors: Agriculture, industry, services

COVID-19: Developing countries in unprecedented debt situation

Demand for a ‘global debt deal’ picks up

SDG commitments need financing, local monitoring: NITI Aayog

The National Indicator Framework, which monitors SDGs at the national level, did not include indicators for 36 out of the 169 targets, pointed …

COVID-19: New assessment pegs 25% GDP slide for April-June

Expects industrial output to halve; inflation may shoot up