Bhopal's toxic waste will go to Germany

GoM makes German company, GIZ, responsible for safe disposal of waste; decision on waste transfer subject to approval of  apex court, …

Dissent and democracy

Forty years after the Emergency was declared, India must revisit its legacy of dissent

Curative care gets more than preventive care

Prevention is the only way to reduce the cost of healthcare in India

Chidambaram pinpoints targets ahead of polls

Offers budget sops to women, youth and the poor

GoM clears Land Acquisition Bill

Makes compulsory approval of the gram sabhas for acquiring land in tribal areas

Waste-to-energy plants to get a boost, says Chidambaram

Scheme to encourage cities, municipalities to set up such projects to get encouragement

Mr Chidambaram, show some courage to win votes

Excise cut for all types of vehicles, especially fuel-guzzling SUVs, undermines earlier UPA decisions in public interest

Rs 1,400 crore for setting up water purification plants

Ministry of drinking water and sanitation gets Rs 15,260 crore

Jairam Ramesh seeks to minimise budget cut for rural development

Gives details to finance ministry on the impact of revised budget estimates on individual schemes

Budget offers big push for rural infrastructure

Green transportation gets lip service

Beyond a flailing state

Health ministry cannot provide basic services, the finance ministry cannot collect taxes and the chaos of governance worsens

Ban FDI in brownfield pharma, says Parliament standing committee

Panel raises alarm over continuing takeover of Indian generic drug firms by multinational companies

Nutri-farms to fight hidden hunger

In a first, bio-fortification technology gets Rs 200 crore in the Union Budget

Mixed signals for vehicles, transportation

SUVs to be expensive but not diesel cars

GIZ terminates offer to dispose of Bhopal waste

Development follows information regarding GIZ proposal getting leaked in German media

India takes cue from China; to mine rare-earths

Will add two research vessels for the mining 

Government closer to signing deal to dispose of Bhopal waste

Most differences over clauses in the contract with GIZ to airlift waste to Germany for incineration resolved at GoM meeting

UPA woos women and tribal voters

Finance minister lists Forest Rights Act as one of its key achievements while MGNREGA doesn't find mention.

Who foots the huge dole for business?

Bad loans of public sector banks to business are more than double the food subsidy

Battle between UIDAI and home ministry ends

Data of people covered by the Unique Identification Authority of India will be used for the National Population Register

Farm loan waiver given to ineligible people: CAG

Serious lapses and errors in over 20 per cent cases test-checked; many deserving farmers left out

Meeting on final agreement for Bhopal waste disposal ends without decision

 Group of Ministers headed by P Chidambaram to take final decision now 

It is not about farmers

Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers

Budget 2013: the path remains the same

Whose homeland security?