‘What other option do we have?’: Why stubble fires would not die

The happy seeder and super seeder machines are too few in number, a lot of them are defunct: Why farmers set their crops on fire every year 

कांट्रेक्ट फार्मिंग वाली कंपनियों का नया दांव : चुनिंदा किसानों को प्राइवेट एमएसपी

वर्ष 2018 में कंपनी ने किसानों को न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य देने का लिखित आश्वासन दिया था लेकिन भाव अधिक होने पर उचित दाम मिलेगा ...

Bumper kharif amid excess stock? Is India staring at hard agri decisions

Restrict procurement from Punjab and Haryana; stop procuring from states offering bonus on MSP; divert excessive stock for ethanol and cattle feed

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 2, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Can gasification be the solution to crop burning?

Biomass gasification can not only prevent air pollution from burning crop residues, but also increase farmers’ income and manage municipal …

Sweet and sticky

Easy-to-digest saathi rice is a good choice for making kheer and khichdi

Treated sewage for Gurgaon projects

Haryana government makes treated sewage available to developers affected by court moratorium on groundwater extraction

To store and to have not

Poor planning creates shortage amid plenty

Askew

As Parliament mulls the Seeds Bill 2004, there is intense opposition to it. It's likely the government will redraft it. sopan joshi and sourav …

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट: 1200 रुपए प्रति क्विंटल धान बेचने को मजबूर हुए किसान, एमएसपी है 1868 रुपए

देश में कृषि कानून लागू होने के बाद पहली बार अनाज की खरीद शुरू हो गई है। क्या है माहौल, पड़ताल करती एक रिपोर्ट-

On Constitution Day, police use tear gas, water cannon on farmers

While many farmer leaders were detained November 24 and 25 and taken into preventive custody, others were detained November 26 too

पर्यावरण मुकदमों की डायरी: जल निकायों के संरक्षण के लिए नोडल एजेंसी नियुक्त होगी

देश के विभिन्न अदालतों में विचाराधीन पर्यावरण से संबंधित मामलों में क्या कुछ हुआ, यहां पढ़ें-

Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: Reaching home

Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra has walked from Delhi to Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh to capture the plight of workers returning home after …

Swachh Bharat Mission: Haryana still defiant

The claim of an ODF-free Haryana flies in the face of cases of class division, dysfunctional toilets and administrative inaction

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Car-free Gurgaon, really?

It seemed more like a “no parking day” in the city

Subterranean subterfuge

Thousands of industrial units in parts of Haryana are clandestinely discarding untreated effluents into aquifers, irreversibly damaging groundwater.

Hope for vultures

Hypertension in Dhankot

Residents from Dhankot village, Haryana, believe that chronic alcohol abuse among men is stressing out families and therefore leading to …

Will intensify protest: Farmer leaders reject Union govt draft seeking to break deadlock

Farmer unions call for major countrywide protest December 14; blocking of Delhi-Jaipur Highway, Yamuna Expressway by December 12

नाले में अवैध रूप से प्रदूषक तत्व बहा रही है पानीपत रिफाइनरी: रिपोर्ट

नीरी, केंद्रीय प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड और हरियाणा प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड की संयुक्त समिति ने पानीपत रिफाइनरी के मामले में अपनी रिपोर्ट सौंपी

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 16, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

वायु प्रदूषण : न भागने की जगह है, न छिपने का ठौर

दिल्ली में 50 हजार औद्योगिक ईकाइयां और सैकड़ों निजी डीजल बसों ने अपना कारोबार फैला लिया लेकिन कार्रवाई कुछ न हुई। वायु प्रदूषण के ...

Will Punjab and Haryana HC’s recommendations reduce farmers’ burden?

The court’s suggestions, like making MSP a legal right and increasing it to thrice the cost of production, are practical but need effort in …

Why dengue is not the devil

Lack of preparedness in our fight against this vector-borne disease is much to blame for it spreading fast