Rs 13,000 crore to be spent on green India mission in next 5 years

Parliamentary Committee on Estimates pulls up Centre for failing to increase forest cover in the country

Just like a forest

Analog forestry mimics a forest to create an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape

City on trial

Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan

Cleansing chronicle

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Maharashtra repeals Urban Land Ceiling Act

Property industry in trouble in Punjab

India must focus on rainfed farming

There was a time when it was said that the Indian budget was a gamble on the monsoons. That is not the case any more, with industrial production …

This is what Lavasa looks like

COVID-19 exposes fault lines in peri-urban areas

Lack of sanitation awareness prevails at a greater extent here; it is unclear how COVID-19-centric awareness campaigns will influence behavioral …

Bringing order to streets

Centre legalises street vending and gives the profession its due respect. But accommodating vendors is a challenge

101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha?

Most suicides among orchard farmers, say observers

Delhi’s dream of clean air goes up in smoke

One more goes down

Can we afford not to change?

Clear as air

The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To …

Goa must grow...but how?

On January 26, 2007, the government of Goa withdrew its newest blueprint for the development of the state, called the Regional Plan 2011. …

Wanted: An urban equivalent of MGNREGA

Such a programme is the need of the hour not only as a measure to revive the urban economy now, but also to mitigate any further shocks to …

Spring of discontent

Mining in Odisha’s Khandadhar hills will dry out perennial water bodies

Hindustan motors

Can India ever have car-free centres?

More dreams sans cars

From a loose concept to a concrete movement, the idea of the car-free city has evolved gradually

How smart is a smart city?

Lavasa exposed

By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …

Himalayan plunder: Hydroelectric plans in Arunachal will effect downstream Assam too

Arunachal Pradesh is highly susceptible to landslides; debris flowing downstream will change river behaviour, fear experts 

A step-by-step guide on how Union budget is formulated

To start the process, the budget division issues an annual budget circular around the last week of August or the first fortnight of September …

The big challenges for Telangana

Telangana region accounts for huge chunk of natural resources of undivided Andhra Pradesh. Will creation of new state intensify existing regional …