Budget 2015 proves a dampener for climate action

Finance minister talks about Clean Energy Fund, but forgets crop insurance

India needs an energy disclosure policy

BEE needs to revisit, revive, and expand its star rating system for all designated consumers, especially buildings. It can’t be kept …

Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management

PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar

Missing pulse

Despite being a world leader in pulses production, India has been forced to import due to crop loss and seed deficit. The sharp rise in prices is …

Air pollution

The Modi government released the National Air Quality Index (AQI) for public information

Ministries battle over applicability of Forest Rights Act

As development projects continue to receive Centre’s push, officials within the government fear that rights of tribal communities are …

Modi forges climate ties with Obama

During his US visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed support for new global climate pact to be signed in Paris by end of 2015; two …

Supreme Court questions legality of National Board for Wildlife under Narendra Modi

Bars newly constituted board from taking fresh decisions

Experts hail doubling of cess on 'dirty' coal

Money collected from the cess gets deposited in the National Clean Energy Fund but doubts remain over its usage

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

Will rural flagship schemes change under Modi?

Officials admit that MGNREGS and rural road development programmes suffered shortcomings in UPA regime

Most political parties turn blind eye to Maharashtra farmers' woes

Narendra Modi's visit to Yavatmal shatters hopes of farmers; he avoided addressing the demand for remunerative prices to farm produce

Sardar Patel statue project has no green clearance: activists

 MoEF asked to declare Statue of Unity project illegal and stop construction

Budget 2020-21: Will MGNREGA become an overarching rural development scheme

The upcoming budget will see many schemes being brought under the rural employment prtogramme; a direct cash transfer may be declared to top this up

Findings of Economic Survey 2015 are cause for worry

Survey hints at what we can expect from Union Budget 2015-16

Cabinet approves ordinance to ease land acquisition rules

Provisions relating to fair compensation in the land Act of 2013 have not been amended in the ordinance

Fishworkers demand separate fisheries ministry at the Centre

Says BJP’s national policy on fishing and fishers released in 2012 recommended the same

Budget 2023-24: New mission for welfare of PVTGs launched

Rs 15,000 crore allocated to Pradhan Mantri PVTG mission for next three years

PM’s climate change council has not met in almost 7 years

Who is, then, advising the PM for his climate goal announcements?

Vizag gas leak puts spotlight on lack of safety precautions

Overheating, corrosion likely responsible for styrene gas leak

Is America the right partner for India to deal with antimicrobial resistance?

The US has largely relied upon voluntary measures to curb the misuse of antibiotics in livestock and poultry farms

India might agree to discuss HFCs under Montreal Protocol

Logjam in India-US HFC talks may be resolved following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit

A new planning commission or an advisory body?

Indications are that the National Development Reforms Commission that will replace the Planning Commission will not have financial allocation powers

China dams on Brahmaputra: Assam asks Centre to intervene

Admits that weak and old embankments are another threat to flood-ravaged Assam

Kashmir flood: Met dept predicts more rainfall, Centre grants Rs 200 crore for relief

Police helpline number receives more than 30,000 calls and almost 9,500 WhatsApp messages