Global science funding must be redesigned to succeed on SDGs, say experts

Existing science design, funding and practice fail to address complex global issues, they pointed out

Road to 2030: Leaders at UN meet call for renewed commitment to eradicate poverty

Sluggish progress in poverty eradication derails other SDGs, including those related to hunger and malnutrition, health, education & climate …

Nigeria hasn’t been able to produce steel: Remanufacturing could be the solution

Lack of a rail line around Ajaokuta Steel plant, changes in political and operational management stymied completion

Every 30 hours, world gets a new billionaire, a million new poor

The question no longer is why poor remain poor, but why rich get richer this fast  

Giving birth to a poverty-free world

Reduction of poverty among children is central to a world without extreme poverty  

‘One in three couldn’t afford food year-round in 2020’

Pandemic-induced poverty and rise in food prices keep healthy diet out of reach of three billion people

The Pandemic Year: Lockdown pushes India’s poverty levels

A five-part series as India marks a year of the dreaded COVID-19 lockdown: We look at how the pandemic became a double burden for the poor in India

International Day of Rural Women: It’s time we recognise their lives and livelihood

Rural women are active agents of socio-economic change. As we celebrate the day on October 15, there is a need to pull them out of the …

Govt wishes to achieve healthcare goals by spending Rs 3 a day?

According to the latest National Health Profile, India is one of the countries with the lowest public health spending

MGNREGS: ‘Monument of failure’ or ‘saviour’?

On the 10th anniversary of the rural job guarantee scheme, Down To Earth evaluates its successes and drawbacks

Why this abandoned village is a threat to Uttarakhand

People are abandoning their villages despite high economic growth, leaving behind few, who find it difficult to continue farming without …

At 130, India ranks one among lowest in Human Development Index

A report that assesses 188 countries urges to improve working conditions for people involved in unpaid labour

Over 100 cities pledge to make food systems sustainable in urban areas

Urban centres will be key actors in achieving Sustainable Development Goals, including eradication of hunger by 2030:FAO chief

Bringing better health to the Indian woman

Efforts are on to tackle the abysmal state of female health in India, especially among the poorer sections

Riveting saga of a river that gives -- and takes

Goutam Ghose's Padma Nadir Majhi depicts how poor fisherfolk, already vulnerable to nature's whims, are exploited by fellow-humans.

A tale of two villages beguiled by JRY

The panchayats of Sonrai in Uttar Pradesh and Palana in Rajasthan share a Jawahar Rozgar Yojana experience. Both ignored the water needs of the …

Alternative approaches to poverty alleviation

WOMEN, POVERTY AND RESOURCES PONNA WIGNARAJA Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi Price: Rs 85

Driving home a point without any solutions

Our Country, The Planet -- Forging a Partnership For Survival Shridath Ramphal Publisher: Island Press, Washington D.C. Price: US $15

Sensitive economics

Anil Agarwal's article, "The poverty of Amartya Sen", publised in the December 15, 1999 issue of Down To Earth , has drawn a number of …

Health class

Enemies of health and allies of poverty join hand to create global havoc, leaving different marks on different classes

Rapped for inaction

SC takes governments to task over tardiness in executing food-based employment schemes following starvation deaths in Rajasthan

'Television had promised rain'

RAMESH YADAV, migrant auto driver, converses with NITIN SETHI on drought, media, politics and migration

Kind to cash

The government has a plan to reach welfare to the poor without wasting money. It wants to put hard cash in their hands instead of spending on …

Perhaps yes, minister

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