Chhattisgarh panchayats pass resolution against coal auctions

Twenty tribal gram panchayats have demanded that rehabilitation and resettlement issues be resolved before coal mining can be allowed

Indian president visits Norway, marks country’s presence in the ongoing Arctic rush

India’s interests in the Arctic region are scientific, environmental, commercial as well as strategic, says president

In the name of the farmer

Ready for guillotining?

Bihar launches agriculture roadmap

Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production

BJP’s maiden budget disappointing for farmers

Jaitley continues with UPA schemes on agriculture, allocates more funds

India set for mission Mars

Budget proposes Rs 125 crore for the ambitious project

Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala Assembly seeks presidential reference

Supreme Court failed to consider safety of people and possible loss of biodiversity, say legislators

Real estate: Market happy, but civil society finds it lacking

External commercial borrowings in low-income housing projects will become unaffordable, they say

Telangana Bill tabled in Andhra Pradesh Assembly

Chaos and pandemonium disrupts discussion

Custom duty waiver for CFLs in budget: Nothing to cheer about

Likely to make LEDs cheaper only by Rs 10 to Rs 12

Onion export ban lifted

Minimum export price fixed at US $475 a tonne. Will it profit farmers?

Time for course correction

Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget

To fast track India’s industrial growth, FM gives sops to mining

Environmentalists say ministry of finance apathetic towards social environmental consequences

Can President Mukherjee redress this farmer’s grievance?

World record holder for highest paddy yield awaits certification

Farmers want support

Say they are more vulnerable due to erratic weather

Miniscule for renewable energy

But solar thermal project developers happy

Science and technology remain out of focus in budget

No funds to promote scientific research

It is not about farmers

Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers

Crafty accounting

The budget projects a pro-poor image, while covertly playing to the market

Budget bites on vehicles

Fails to restrain use of subsidised diesel in private diesel cars

Are our budgets participatory?

Legislative scrutiny of budget in India compares with that of Afghanistan and Rwanda

Polavaram ordinance: protests by adivasis intensify

Over a dozen MLAs go on indefinite hunger strike in support of adivasi communities impacted by Polavaram irrigation project

Centre clears ordinance on food security

The ordinance, if signed by the President, will come into immediate effect

Union Budget: challenges of public provisioning in India

Will the first budget of the 12th Five-Year Plan make a serious effort to plug loopholes in revenue collection and increase spending on social …