Social sector spending by UPA regime
The UPA government in its 10 years in power increased spending in social welfare sectors but not on agriculture, the backbone of rural economy
Water may shift from State to Concurrent List
Panel to make the suggestion before the Cabinet in June
Diesel prices: don’t miss the point
Fuel price reform is inevitable and necessary, but clean fuel and public transport agenda for health protection must not be derailed
Institutional monitoring of PPP projects made mandatory
Agencies, ministries implementing such projects will need to set up monitoring units to ensure private concessionaires follow Planning Commission …
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?
The poverty quibble
Government claims a huge drop in poverty numbers but critical indicators—health, malnutrition and wages—continue to be grim. So how …
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
Handloom threatened
Textile ministry proposes change in definition of handloom. Weavers fear it can ruin the tradition
Where SAIL's profits come from
State-owned steel giant’s profits are increasingly from raw material subsidies, not real economic value addition
Freeing coal
As domestic coal production dips, plan panel proposes to allow captive coal power companies to trade coal
Figure it out yourself
A striking fact about water in India is the lack of reliable data about all its aspects: total potential, available supply and demand
Open defecation linked to stunting in Indian children
Research finds 10 per cent increase in open defecation associated with a 0.7 per cent increase in stunting in 112 districts
Plans for Andhra's scheduled castes, tribes remain on paper
No vision, no planning, no adequate allocation and utilisation of funds, says Cabinet panel report still under wraps
A new planning commission or an advisory body?
Indications are that the National Development Reforms Commission that will replace the Planning Commission will not have financial allocation powers
Public Deprived System
The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system
Niti Aayog’s new strategy: A call for growth or acceptance of failure
Celebrating India's 75th year of Independence is a matter of pride, but achieving a "New India" needs more than a textual articulation
Poverty line delinked from food and other entitlements given to the poor
Government to wait for results of socio-economic caste census to decide parameters on who should be covered under social welfare programmes
Abandon paddy, build IT hubs: Montek
Planning Commission deputy chairperson gets flak for his advice to Kerala at investors' meet
Walk the village talk
After raising the political profile of village councils, government wants to downsize them
Subansiri dam unsafe: experts committee
Report kept under wraps shows project plan ignores flood control and compromises on design, safety
Skill development: China shows the way
Vocational education in India seems to be caught in a time warp. In contrast, China has a well-designed system in place
Union Budget 2022-23: Just 70 weeks left for India@75 targets, will Modi deliver the ‘New India’
From the promised $4 trillion economy to employment for women to doubling of farmers’ income to poverty eradication this year, most of the …
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 …
Is the government going to scrap the 12th Five Year Plan?
Experts feel this move will erode the gains and lessons learnt from the most inclusive plan so far
‘The fight for Telangana is to regain control over its resources and restore cultural identity’
The Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has been at the forefront of the demand for a separate Telangana state. Its chairperson M Kodandaram …