पंचायती राज दिवस: कोरोना महामारी और हमारी पंचायतें

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने पंचायत सदस्यों से बात करते हुए कहा कि हमें यह सीखने की जरूरत है कि गांव, शहरों की अपेक्षा कोविड-19 ...

Swachh Bharat Mission: An outstanding achievement, but challenges remain

Including people who still lack toilets, overcoming partial toilet use and retrofitting sustainably unsafe toilets are some of the massive tasks ahead

क्या डॉ. हर्ष वर्धन कर पाएंगे देश की बीमारियों का इलाज, ये है हकीकत

राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य प्रोफाइल 2018 के अनुसार, भारत उन देशों में शुमार है जो जन स्वास्थ्य पर सबसे कम खर्च करते हैं। ऐसे में डॉ. ...

Progress and contradictions in US-India climate relations

The recent US-India join statement takes on a one-sided narrative of India’s commitments to decreasing emissions and transitioning to a …

Obama and Modi discuss climate change; make no commitments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chooses to stay focussed on renewable energy

25% accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana are repeat accounts, admits bureaucrat

Modi government plans to revive cash benefit transfer scheme of previous government

Global civil society organisations support India’s stand at WTO

Support comes just before WTO’s Nairobi meet in December 

Clean Ganga programme gets Rs 20,000-crore budget for five years

Initiatives to clean the river will include rehabilitation of existing sewage treatment plants

Obama boosts Modi’s green energy ambitions

Visiting US president promised finance to speed up India’s green energy mission, but it has to be remembered that the US had complained to …

Modi Cabinet approves 100% FDI in medical devices sector via automatic route

Existing conditions and prior approval required in case of merger and acquisition done away with

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

Commerce ministry recommends anti-dumping duties on solar cells imported from US, China

Renewable energy ministry may get prime minister-designate, Narendra Modi, to stall move, fearing energy price rise

Cola and fruit juices don’t mix

The possible industry response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion may not be fruitful for public health

NaMo budget on transport and pollution: Green expectations - Dashed hopes

NDAÔÇÖs maiden budget upholds and supports UPAII blunders to protect the automobile industry while ignoring the perils of …

Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …

Freedom from single-use plastics: A dream or an achievable target?

After Modi in his August 15 address appealed to make India free from single-use plastics, the country now needs a robust roadmap to weed it out

Expect budget to be rural-centric, focus on delivery to beneficiaries

PM Modi has already launched a major water conservation campaign, put the focus of his second tenure on revival of the agrarian economy

Report card: Environmental governance under NDA government

The government has stepped up action on environmental concerns such as pollution, but retains a myopic view of natural resource management and …

Farm sector emissions get attention of PM’s Council on Climate Change for first time

The council, which till now discussed only domestic policy, discussed Lima climate summit outcomes, too

J&K to get Rs 60,000 crore as BJP-PDP agree on government formation

State allocated maximum amount among 11 revenue deficit states, following recommendations of 14th Finance Commission

Separate ministry for AYUSH to revive traditional medicine

Before this, AYUSH was a department under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Jan Dhan Yojana: Can 10 million bank accounts be opened in one day?

Calculations show each of the 60,000 camps being organised today by bank branches across rural India would have to process as many as 167 …

Modi takes oath as PM with 45 ministers

Prakash Javdekar gets Environment ministry and I&B, Gopinath Munde given the charge of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj portfolios

Are we moving towards a renewable energy economy?

Developers, bankers and equipment manufacturers commit themselves to developing 270 GW renewable energy capacity by 2022 at a recent renewable …

Science and the Indian politician

If India conducted its first nuclear test many centuries ago, why did we wait till 1974 AD to conduct our second test in Pokhran? Where did all …