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

Growth at the cost of environment?

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

Financial devolution

With increased funds and Centrally Sponsored Schemes, India’s states now urgently need the institutional mechanism to manage this responsibility

Sluggish monsoon worries India Inc

If the monsoons fail this year, the Modi government will have some serious policy-making, damage control and number crunching to do

Only BPL families to get free treatment under NDA’s proposed health scheme

Those above poverty line will have to pay 33 per cent of the cost while the remaining will be paid by government and insurance companies

What to expect from the budget

Narendra Modi's first budget may have many surprises contrary to popular expectations being raised in media. Don't ignore the deficit monsoon and …

Namami Gange

Narendra Modi-led government’s flagship programme to restore purity and glory of India’s holiest river has made little progress on ground

Environmental clearances

Clearances to coal mining projects has been a priority for Narendra Modi government

States told to roll out contingency plans

Plans cover crops, poultry, livestock and fisheries; Centre allows use of funds from agriculture schemes for funding contingency plans

'First 100 days show NDA has no intention to work for the poor'

Report released by network of civil society groups expresses concern over policies damaging to the environment

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'

Modi’s 'health' challenges in Rajya Sabha

As large number of bills pending in the upper house of Parliament are health bills and the BJP-led NDA aliance does not have the numbers in the …

100 days of Modi government: clean energy seems to be low priority for energy minister

Piyush Goyal’s video conference with journalists stresses on coal energy

Farmers gather in Delhi to demand compensation for crop loss

Instead of giving aid to farmers, government is trying to snatch their land through land bill, say farmers

One toilet every second: Modi government’s 100 day target

Union ministry issues orders to all states to meet target of constructing 5.2 million toilets by end of August

India to adopt uniform licensing for gas, oil exploration

Policy proposed to bring uniformity in contractual provisions for exploration and production of all types of hydrocarbon resources, says minister …

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 

Cabinet approves amendments to power tariff policy

Policy claims to ensure 24X7, affordable power for all

Cabinet expansion: does it herald improvement in governance

Experts feel that the change in the cabinet has nothing to do with improving governance, but is a way of appeasing local sentiments

50 debt-ridden weavers in Varanasi committed suicide since Modi became PM

Conditions of weavers community got worse during Modi regime, reveal experts’ findings

Demonetisation: public health system ill-equipped and unreliable

The government’s assurance of treatment in government hospitals is hollow as the system is inadequate

Will Modi keep his power promise?

The NDA government is more than 2,000 days behind schedule for providing electricity to all households in India

Union Budget 2018: Merely increasing funds for Clean Ganga will not ensure results

A CAG report had said underutilised funds and an absence of a long-term plan affecting rejuvenation of Ganga

The rise of the rurals

The Bharatiya Janata Party's famed "Gujarat Model" gets a rude jolt in the state's recent polls, especially from rural communities in the …