Why social health activists in India live a life of uncertainty

More than 0.87 million ASHAs in India are facing salary issues, lack of incentives and exclusion from social safety schemes

Direct Cash Transfer scheme begins on low key

Government scales down UID-linked scheme to 248,000 people in 20 districts

Afforestation wages in cash

Chhattisgarh violates Supreme Court order

New terminal for Mumbai port faces criticism from urban planners

Maharashtra raises floor space index "to meet budget deficit"

Remodelling will destroy Mumbai's Crawford market

Mumbai sources out city planning

Real estate on water

Lakes were critical for Indian cities. They prevented floods and recharged groundwater. Today, these holes in the ground are either lucrative …

Never too many pedals

Stranded at the station

Needed, integrated transport planning  

We need our slaves

India tops the list of countries with huge numbers of modern slaves. But there is little outrage or concern here over what is an everyday reality

When birth control means business

Government’s scheme to give monetary remuneration to health workers for counselling couples on family planning may just backfire, says …

Not being kept in loop: Odisha’s sarpanches on CM’s power decentralisation move

Several sarpanches who were given powers of district collectors alleged their administrative or financial roles were not spelt out clearly 

US fights climate change impacts on its military assets

Around 7,500 of its defence installations across the world are vulnerable to impacts like sea level rise, storm and snow melting

Regulating living environment for public safety

Gujarat announces Rs 13-crore scheme for state's poor

Naini Lake polluted by sewage and construction waste

Promising water

The newer deal for a newer world

Before cars take over

DRDA faces axe

District Rural Development Agency in conflict with Constitution; committee suggests its abolition

Urban areas can support biodiversity

Finding space in our city for nature

Improving mobility for clean air: Why cities fall short of their goals

Transportation and mobility strategies are the weakest link in the National Clean Air Action Plans 

Contraceptive use among women rises in western states, Goa tops the charts: NFHS-5 data

Use of injectables and male sterilisation tools continued to be low across all states in the region 

What happened to India’s flood management plan?

There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …