Discontent

This is a story about the environmental clearance mechanism in India. Arguably legally strong, it fails in implementation. The project proponent …

State inaction

The traditional forest dweller has had very few entitlements down centuries. Guardian of the forest, he has been regarded as encroacher by the …

Biodiversity body claims coal

In a first-of-its-kind case, a biodiversity committee in Madhya Pradesh asks for royalty on coal

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.

Ladakh on the move

Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a …

Package POSCO

The Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package

Rice at risk

Growing paddy is not viable for small farmers of Kerala. Will the state be able to preserve the crop which delivers a number of ecological …

Transition failure

With an eye on the 2014 general election, the UPA government is expanding its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer programme that promises welfare …

Mission possible

The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But the states of Sikkim, Haryana and …

Desperate to relocate

Chetty communities living in the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve have been demanding that they be shifted out of the forest for three decades.…

Half-way to autonomy

Decisions by Maharashtra’s top forest official can empower gram sabhas prepare plans to revive their forests, but a policy is awaited

Violence at POSCO site

Clashes erupt as government resumes construction of coastal road at Jagatsinghpur in Odisha

A million opportunities lost

The ruling alliance’s flagship rural employment programme took unprecedented strides in creating water conservation structures across the …

Stench in my backyard

As Kerala cities dump their waste in the countryside, people in the villages hit back. An unresolved civic problem of decades compounded by …

Survey: Making waves

While it is known that radio reaches about 90 per cent of India's population, what is new -- and good news -- is that it is an extremely …

End of the postal runner

Terms of estrangement

Follow Up

Power to the people

The NGO problem

Haryana's brew

Over panchayati raj

Women's rule

Should be extended, suggests panchayati raj meet

Devolve further

Less populous and more homogenous, wards serve Panchayati Raj better

Effective art

Elected eye in the sky