Punjab's paddy dilemma

In 2009, Punjab became the first state in the country to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The aim was to arrest …

Lift your head from the sand

Root cause

Adulteration is an effect of warped pricing

2001 onwards

A systematically careless government

Dirty fuel

CSE's Clean Air campaigners ANUMITA ROYCHOWDHURY and CHIRAG SHAH expose the dirty, intelligent and systematic business of fuel adulteration:…

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

Dictated by land

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

High ammonia content in Yamuna

Antibacterial resistance: Don't compromise

The only way to combat antibiotic resistance is to keep the environment clean

Mission possible

The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But the states of Sikkim, Haryana and …

MDG Report 2014: India among worst performers in poverty reduction, maternal death and sanitation

Report shows good progress in areas like poverty alleviation and access to clean water and controlling diseases like TB, Malaria

Polluters under MoEF scanner

Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters

Addicted to groundwater

High Court order fails to wean Gurgaon off illegal wells

On foot and pedal

The teeming millions on foot and pedal are powering mobility in Indian cities. Their numbers exceed those who use cars. Yet they are victims of …

Letters

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …

Sand slips

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …

How MGNREGA helps revive village infra, increase employment in Haryana

Villagers gain employment through the job guarantee scheme, used as a means to revive rural infrastructure like reservoirs, cattle sheds