The facade of sharing

Public-private partnership is more about dividing: risks go to the public agency, profits to the private

Better light

Extended lease

Protests drowned

Damning disaster!

We've missed the bus

As overstaffed transport corporations make losses, the government says privatise

Bone of contention

Arunachal turns to private Players for hydel power

Nothing new

High-end technology dominates 93 rd Science Congress

Slow train coming

Agrifood companies’ efforts to become carbon neutral uneven, says report

Both, farmers and agribusinesses face barriers to carbon neutrality; also, consumers are often unwilling to pay a premium for carbon-neutral …

Revised rates of Ayushman Bharat insufficient for private sector: IMA

A day ahead of a mega event to celebrate one year of Ayushman Bharat, IMA says it is a failure  

Why the Budget should increase allocation towards health and family planning

Low spending by India in these two areas has caused growing inequality, insufficient access and poor quality of healthcare services

Private sector gives urban rubbish a new look

With government efforts proving inadequate, private organisations recycle the lion's share of urban waste in India.

Fears raised over private coal-mining plan

A private firm, Eastern ANning Ud, is scheduled to boon large-scale operations in a sao" already ravaged by several small mining ventures. …

High growth, few jobs

Unemployment has grown despite high GDP growth in developing economies, says the latest UN report

REDD+: India goes all out on safeguards, Tuvalu plays spoilsport

The Durbanator reports

Break the resistance

India’s TB control programme needs to engage the private sector

The forgotten class

Middle class-driven anti-corruption campaign does not acknowledge the poor

R&D expenditure: A disturbing trend

NIGERIA

4 flu mutants

Seven eminent virologists discuss the implications with Down To Earth

Farm reform

Open markets, land on lease

NITI Aayog’s PPP model for district hospitals pushes for privatisation of health sector

The move is in line with the Centre's agenda to push government health sector towards privatisation on the grounds that public health …

Head out

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's efforts to reign in the private healthcare sector have been scuttled once again. Who is to be blamed?

State turns its back on health sector

With state-run health care facilities proving ill-equipped to tackle the surge in dengue and chinkungunya patients, private medicos are …