Wanted, tariff revision
Biomass power plant owners say they cannot manage with power rates fixed when they began operations
The wasteland
Bellary has lost 45 per cent of its forest cover to iron ore mining, says the CEC report
Picture imperfect
Fertile and picturesque, that is what Bellary was before companies started indiscriminate mining for iron ore
Persistent in folly
Rice and wheat fetch a secure price and subsidies on farm inputs. Coarse grains have no place in the public distribution system, although their …
Rice: the real cost
It is said the future wars would be fought over the issue of water, not land. Yet Indian government promotes rice, which consumes water, over …
Cereal killer
By promotong rice over coarse grains, the government is promoting food scarcity and defeciency of micronutrients among India's most malnourished …
THE FOUNTAINHEAD DONGRIPARA, DHAMTARI DISTRICT, CHATTISGARH
Spark came from non-recognition as a village • Integrated management of forest and water • Sees self-governance as a matter of …
A memo to the government
To be a truly participatory republic, India must take tutorials from these tiny republics
In Birsa's Land: Horomocho (Hazaribagh, Jharkhand)
A coal mine to own and manage • Sustainability not profit as a principle • Revival of an ancient Santhal system of governance
Unshakable: Nimalapedu (Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh)
Reminded India of its constitutional mandate for village autonomy • Fought bauxite companies for not getting gram sabha consent • Has …
A Republican Paradise: Mendha (Gadchirolli, Maharashtra)
Defied the Forest Act ÔÇó Every resident contributes part of annual income for community works ÔÇó If somebody bribes a …
States fined thousands of crores over waste — but how did NGT calculate the penalty amount?
Fine determined on polluter pays principle, equated to environmental compensation and cost of restoration
Court stays proposed amendments to solid waste management rules
Petition before Karnataka High Court says amendments mooted by environment ministry are regressive, promote waste incineration
Karnataka polls: Bellary goes to mining barons
Winners Anil Lad of Congress and Anand Singh of BJP are mine owners. Reddy brothers' associate Sriramulu also wins
Karnataka High Court issues notice to National Biodiversity Authority on charges of paving way for biopiracy
Petition by a non-profit accuses authority of callousness towards protecting the country's biodiversity
Infosys to switch to renewable energy, go carbon neutral
The global information technology services company, Infosys, headquartered at Bengaluru, plans to become carbon neutral and shift completely to …
Grain of truth
India's public distribution system promotes rice and wheat. These water-intensive crops require more inputs and are less nutritious as compared …
Centre pitches for Kerala
Environment ministry wants to revoke Karnataka’s ban on night traffic in Bandipur
Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water
Since 1998, adb has invested us $960 million in urban projects in India.
Rubber-stamp Authority
State environment regulatory bodies formed under the 2006 Environmental Impact Assessment notification have floundered. They have little …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Saseendran’s ‘tiger cull’: Kerala forest minister made a gaffe; but state’s human-wildlife conflict needs redressal
Removing invasive plants, restoring vanishing wildlife corridors and eco-restoration inside forests should be the solution to human-wildlife …
Going off course
As the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu gets reduced to a politico-legal wrangle, focal issues remain unaddressed
Wages of fear: How did COVID-19 geographic shift affect MGNREGA implementation?
The understanding should be part of India’s contingency plan to support rural livelihoods in the event of a third wave of the pandemic
The right blend
Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…