Rethinking IP think tank

Government sidelines its committee of experts to set up new panel to review India's intellectual property rights policy

India-US reach agreement on WTO

Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman says US now supports India’s concerns on food security

WTO Ministerial Conference: India objects to agriculture draft text

India believes that some members are pushing for an accelerated phasing out of agriculture export subsidy

India to file 16 cases against the US for violating WTO treaties, informs Sitharaman

India believes that certain renewable energy programmes of the US are inconsistent with WTO provisions, says minister

Union Budget 2019-20: Income support for farmers drives historic allocation for agri ministry

Rs 75,000 crore for income assistance to boost rural consumption, claims government

Union Budget 2019-20: Hardly any mention of health sector in Budget speech

Among others, fund allocation for upgrading district hospitals to medical colleges goes south

Union Budget 2019-20: Power access still in focus, what about solar rooftop?

Here’s taking stock of what the Union Budget 2019 had for renewable energy and access to energy

Union Budget 2019-20: Blue sky thinking hits grey sky limit

New budget gives miss to blue-sky mission. Offers only a few sectoral hooks in transport and energy to nudge clean air action

India's industrial production shrinks 1.1% in August

Quick estimates show declines in manufacturing, electricity andnegligible growth in mining

Budget 2020-21: Will Sitharaman keep aside Rs 1.10 lakh crore to revamp India's discoms

Sitharaman may provide support for Ujjwala beneficiaries for buying refill gas cylinders

Union Budget 2020-21: Duty on solar panel, EV imports; relief to green energy cos

Tax benefits aimed at incentivising domestic manufacturing   

Union Budget 2020-21 spares little for climate mitigation

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterates old announcements, cuts budget for National Adaptation Fund  

Union Budget 2020-21: Big chunk goes to tigers and elephants

Allocation for other species reduced  

Union Budget 2020-2021: Suggests closure of carbon-intensive coal power plants

But mere suggestion may not work for these repeat offenders

Union Budget 2020-21: Fisheries experts raise concerns over ‘blue economy’

Reduced allocation for fisheries, categorisation of fish farmers and development of ports threatening traditional fisherfolk

Union Budget 2020-21: Denotified, Nomadic, Semi-nomadic Tribes left out once again

Hopes that soared after Piyush Goyal’s mention last year lie deflated

Union Budget 2020-21: Not one to double farmers' income

Last year's allocartion goes unspent; this year's raise less than 3%

Union Budget 2020-21: Unremarkable for health sector

Allocation increased but just enough to offset inflation; new schemes criticised by experts  

Union Budget 2020-21: Big plans for storage facilities

Promise of cold storage capacity at villages, warehousing at blocks, refrigerated rail coaches to reduce losses

Union Budget 2020-21: Quantum computing gets funds

Rs 8,000 crore over 5 years may go some way to help Indian researchers catch up with a dast-evolving global scene

Simply Put: How far will Nirmala Sitharaman's longest budget take India?

Down To Earth's Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto decodes the comparatives and superlatives of Union Budget 2020-21

Union Budget 2020-21: Half-hearted effort to revive rivers, including Ganga

Fund allocation dips for Namami Gange and National River Conservation Plan  

Union Budget 2020-21 promises Rs 4,400 cr for clean air; how, where and how soon?

Fiscal promise for clean air action without a blueprint for spending; even after a year of NCAP, output & outcome indicators not available in …

Union Budget 2020-2021 suggests balanced use of all kinds of fertilisers

Major reforms needed in fertiliser sector, govnt policies that promote urea

Union Budget 2020-21: No increase in Ayushman Bharat allocations

Sitharaman announces PMJAY push in aspirational districts in PPP mode, but private hospitals are not interested