Worrying picture emerges about India’s SDG indicators on food and agriculture

Cultivable land in India, which is home to 18 per cent of the world’s population, is vulnerable to drought, floods and degradation

NITI Aayog ineffective in curbing inequality: Report

Latest India Exclusion Report flags several areas of concern

Education, infrastructure saving grace for top districts: NITI Aayog report

Top performing districts still lag behind in development parameters like health and nutrition

Indian government should not use water crisis to justify river linking

Modi’s government should focus on local solutions and stronger governance rather than build large dams and river diversions, argues Ashok Swain

NITI Aayog begins business without action plan

Will the Aayog's vision be any different than the top-down approach of its predecessor, the Planning Commission? 

NFHS-5 paints an anaemic picture of child health and nutrition

India to bid adieu to Five Year Plans

The country will still have Plan documents but they would not adhere to a five year time period

NITI Aayog wants to hand over micro irrigation to private players

The government policy think tank believes it would take 100 years to exploit the micro irrigation potential with the current programme target and …

See how Indian states fared on the water index

The NITI Aayog, in its latest assessment, analyses the water index scores of states between 2015-16 and 2016-17

Medical draft Bill will commercialise education, say doctors

NITI Aayog is championing privatisation and commercialisation of medical education in India, says the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare

More than half the funds for POSHAN Abhiyaan unutilised: NITI Aayog report

The scheme has an earmarked three-year budget of Rs 9,046.17 crore from 2017-18, when it was launched

Delivering climate action: The road ahead for India after CoP26

We need many more important and concrete measures to drastically reduce emissions.

Advocates of private healthcare seek 'public' support

The claims that Ayushman Bharat will be the one-stop solution for all the concerns of India’s low income population does not seem to be …

'Pressure from banks pushes farmers to commit suicide'

One year since the Maharashtra farmer protests, Down To Earth speaks to Raghunath Dada Patil on the deepening crisis

Odisha, Andamans most prepared to reach climate action SDG: Government  

The SDG Index and Dashboard brought out by the NITI Aayog also gauged India's preparedness for disasters, its saving of carbon dioxide, its share …

COVID-19: Union health ministry issues guidelines for telemedicine

On SC’s direction to encourage less patient-doctor interaction. Registered medical practitioners will need to complete an online course first

Forget Union budget, track state budgets now

States, already flush with cash surplus of Rs 1.6 lakh crore, will get significantly raised share from the central taxes. Along with this …

Indian firms' CSR spending needs more accountability and transparency

Corporate India is investing well to meet its social goals, but the funds seem misdirected

Water management practices dismal in states: Niti Aayog

Gujarat, Andhra, MP, Himachal keeps up tight water management

Forget Union budget, track state budgets now

Land use change major cause behind biodiversity loss, finds WWF report

Asia Pacific region lost 45% of its vertebrate population in four-and-half decades, while the global average was 68%

India lifted 271 mln people out of poverty in 10 yrs, claims govt report

The poverty estimates used to back the claims, however, are decade old

Project without a plan

After two budgets and Rs 5,300 crore in funding, the Centre's micro irrigation project that promises water to every farmland is not even close to …

SDG commitments need financing, local monitoring: NITI Aayog

The National Indicator Framework, which monitors SDGs at the national level, did not include indicators for 36 out of the 169 targets, pointed …

Burn it all

That is NITI Aayog's solution to India's solid waste management woes