Diesel price hike: no scope for roll back
'Not raising diesel prices would harm economy much more'
Money matters
Sonal Matharu finds out how schemes for women and children are all about making money and neglect their health
Working Group on Environment releases report in Kerala
Two for tangle
Development takes backseat in Northeast as two Central agencies try to outcompete each other
People's initiatives
Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments
A Republican Paradise: Mendha (Gadchirolli, Maharashtra)
Defied the Forest Act ÔÇó Every resident contributes part of annual income for community works ÔÇó If somebody bribes a …
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 …
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
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 …
Universal health scare
The country’s planners are debating how to provide healthcare to all. In a drastic shift from the 65-year-old public health system, the …
Orange tumbles
Nagpur orange’s survival hinges precariously on its return to sustainable cultivation. Farmers have woken up to this, but will the government?
Mass movement
Punjab's spiritual farming
Fuel economy standards: sanctity of decision making process must be upheld
Car industry's efforts to dilute standards approved by PMO will significantly reduce fuel savings
The lake colony
Call them the "lakers". Some 10,000 of them. Parts of the Dal (land and water) belong to them. And when they feel the need to make a …
New report on skewed urbanisation in India
Impatient to sterilise
In a hurry to bring down fertility rate, health officials are blatantly flouting government’s guidelines
My experiment with honking-free driving
Car horn should be an emergency device, not a toy
Aaj Ka Roadshow
Liberalisation in India has not only affected humdrum life, but also popular cultural forms. This is palpable in the changing dynamics of the big …
Singapore: Breathing Easy
It's all about taming traffic: keeping a tab on the number of vehicles on the road, and promoting public transport. Singapore, one of the …
A watershed plan
Recurrent droughts and floods coupled with mass poverty, chronic unemployment and pervasive malnutrition are the major challenges before India. …
On two legs and a prayer
Walkers outnumber people using vehicles in every Indian city. But city plans have no space for pedestrians, nor do urban roads. Will town …
Lavasa: Dream for one, nightmare for many
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava finds how people affected by Lavasa are coping with the destruction it has caused