Family without mother
Protest>> Family Planning • Iran
Religious planning
Shot to birth
A recently-developed Indian birth control vaccine is being debated to death
CHINA
Showing the way
In the past 15 years, Mexico has halved its birth rate
UNITED NATIONS
COASTLINE CONSERVATION
Plans gone awry
Yojna Banao Abhiyan - then a hit, now a miss
The local administration in Jharkhand is undermining the decentralised scheme, created to enhance livelihood, manage natural resources and …
Road to cool cities: Codes based on unique ‘urban form’ can be helpful
Urban India is a heat trap, but road orientation, building materials and zone-specific master plans can drastically enhance thermal comfort
Habitat III: the biggest conference you’ve probably never heard of
More than 25,000 delegates will meet in Quito in October to set out a New Urban Agenda for the UN, to be implemented over the next 20 years
How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm
Sustainable agriculture in Africa has the ability to act as an example for other regions worldwide. But to do this the approaches and technology …
Bihar plans policy change to push urbanisation
The state government has prepared a draft seeking changes to ‘old criteria’ for notifying semi-urban or rural area as urban
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?
Women to the fore
The International Conference on Population and Development is doing more than just providing lip service to the cause of women
Lifting the barriers
Reproductive choice, gender equality and sustainable development are closely connected, say the latest report on the world's population
Talking about air
Participants at a recent workshop in Hyderabad expressed concern over the growing rate of air pollution in South Asia
New measure for urban poverty
A standard and simple exclusion method has been evolved to determine BPL families
BPL's dividing line
Government undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line
Dalit-adivasi agenda for inclusion of SC, ST rights in election manifestos
Kerala launches an on-line campaign on dalit and adivasi concerns
Harmful combo drugs flood market
Irrational drug combos flood market; regulator does little to remove them
Urban form and travel to completely change after COVID-19
Central business districts will decline while larger apartments will be in demand as more firms consider making employees work-from-home, a …
COVID-19: Self-sufficient neighbourhoods are needed to make cities resilient
The need is to recognise what a neighbourhood requires and ensure that the planning makes everyday needs available — and accessible&…
The poverty quibble
Government claims a huge drop in poverty numbers but critical indicators—health, malnutrition and wages—continue to be grim. So how …
Commons: Local bodies must take lead
There is a pronounced lacuna in the governance and regulations of urban commons