As told to Parliament (December 9, 2022): 25% Indians are multi-dimensionally poor, says minister
Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index captures multiple and simultaneous deprivations faced by households across the three macro dimensions of health, …
Bills not sent to any committee in ‘productive’ Parliament session
The five Bills that were scrutinised by some or the other committee were not introduced in the current session
A new manifesto
Francis Wurtz, president of the Paris-based European United Left party, is certain that ecology is emerging as a political ideology on the left. …
As told to Parliament (July 22, 2019): States asked to form biotechnology coordination panels against GM crops
All that was discussed in the House through the day
As told to Parliament (August 4, 2023): ‘Steps by India under sickle cell mission not included in Lancet Commission report’
As told to Parliament (July 31, 2023): India lost 661 tigers in nearly 6 years, says minister
As told to Parliament (December 17, 2022): Over 10,000 cases of measles reported through December 12, says minister
Maharashtra contributed the maximum to the burden, with 3,075 and 13 deaths
As told to Parliament (February 9, 2021): Rs 171,581 is avg debt per cultivator household in Kerala
As told to Parliament (September 14, 2020): Some 10.4 million jobless migrant workers returned home post-lockdown
Clear and collect Chir pine needles to prevent forest fires: parliamentary panel
Among its many recommendations was the use of drones to monitor forest fires
Act to be amended
Beijing's Kyoto Tilt
Fizzically unfit
Fixing of norms for pesticides in soft drinks delayed further
Polls in view, Cabinet approves 10% job quota for ‘economically weaker’ upper castes
The move is being seen as a step to consolidate the upper caste votes before the country goes for Lok Sabha polls in a few months from now
Budget 2017-18: will the government soothe frayed tempers post demonetisation?
As India looks forward to the latest budget, we bring to you the expectations from it and the step-by-step process of how it is formulated
EU votes down countries’ proposal to opt out of GM imports
Half of the European Union’s 28 countries had decided to go against the cultivation of genetically modified crops
‘India’s unemployment is highest in four decades’
Down To Earth speaks to Binoy Viswam, MP, about the country's unemployment crisis
As told to Parliament (December 1, 2021): Lightning strikes killed 2,862 Indians in 2020
As told to Parliament (July 30, 2021): Malaria cases, deaths on the decline
All that was discussed in the Houses through the day
As told to Parliament (July 29, 2021): Some 927,606 children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’
Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar Bill as a single window to distribute subsidy
Opposition terms move a ‘conspiracy to undermine the Rajya Sabha’
European Parliament adopts nature restoration law
New law sets a target for the EU to restore at least 20 per cent of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030
‘It is high time India has a law that recognises climate migrants’
Down To Earth speaks to Member of Parliament, Pradyut Bordoloi,on the Climate Migrants (Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2022
Greenwash? EU labels certain uses of nuclear energy, natural gas ‘sustainable’
The bloc intends to draw investment and boost its bid to decarbonise in the wake of the energy crisis due to the Ukraine war
As told to Parliament (September 23, 2020): E-waste up 43% in 3 years
