Book Digest: Calls to action against climate change, air pollution and more
Role of technology to fight off COVID-19 pandemic to inevitability of climate crisis, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and …
'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
Cities across India have started water rationing
The 2019 summer is going to be intensely water scarce as cities find themselves without adequate water sources
Ayushman Bharat will change health indicators across world: NITI Aayog CEO
At a session organised by the World Health Organization, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that Ayushman Bharat will help India achieve health …
Consult us on linking agriculture with MGNREGA: Farmers write to PM
Rashtriya Kisan Mahashangha demands farmers's involvement in deliberations over use of MGNREGA in farm sector
National migrant policy: A good first draft
NITI Aayog’s draft national migrant policy takes a rights-based approach and discusses importance of collective action to help migrants …
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
NITI Aayog meeting: PM finally comes around to the existence of water, agrarian crises
These issues existed before elections and persist now. Difference: nobody from the government was owning it up and now they are recognising the …
Municipalities responsible for dirty India, says NITI Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant says civic bodies are entering various businesses while forgetting that their primary job is to clean their jurisdiction
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 …
No integration in India’s disease data collection systems: Niti Aayog
White paper highlights several lacunae including shortage of human resources, occupational health, surveillance; suggests series of measures …
Fortified rice scheme to create Rs 3,000-crore market for just five big firms
The Centre’s decision to provide only fortified food items under government schemes rekindles the debate on whether fortification helps …
Indian firms' CSR spending needs more accountability and transparency
Corporate India is investing well to meet its social goals, but the funds seem misdirected
Niti Aayog releases reports on biomass management, clean fuel and clean transport
Union Government’s policy think-tank intends to bring down pollution contribution from major sectors
Niti Aayog's health index: Topper Kerala's performance slumps
The state performed worse than last time and those with a not-so-good overall score showed improvement
Success of Mission Shakti a culmination of efforts made over two decades
India had been working on weapon systems to intercept space objects to be able to secure its own for a long time
Do away with forest clearance to explore mining activities: Mines ministry to MoEF&CC
Since survey and investigation for mining opportunities during exploration do not cause any perceptible changes in forest land, these could be …
NITI Aayog health index: Kerala maintains top spot
The worst-performing state in overall performance was Uttar Pradesh; Bihar, Madhya Pradesh performed marginally better
Central must connect all states to food scheme for robust PDS: Parliamentary Standing Committee
Only 15 states procure rice, 8 procure wheat as part of decentralised distribution scheme
India bears world’s highest health, economic burden due to lead poisoning: Centre
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh have highest average blood lead levels, a CSIR and Niti Aayog …
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%
Indian states step up natural farming adoption
Natural farming movement led by farmers and civil society has spread to states such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra among others
What does Modicare mean for India's poor and sick?
In the absence of a proper public health infrastructure, what does Ayushman Bharat mean for millions of poor & sick? Kundan Pandey travels to …
Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it
Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal
Unmasking the Budget
The last full budget presented by Arun Jaitley was overwhelmingly focused on agriculture and public health. The catch lies in what he did not say