What about privatisation, then?

Rajasthan scraps seed pacts

ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety

Licence revived, production halted

Government-run vaccine units fail to resume supply for immunisation programme

Indian scientists: missing in action

Scientifically invalid

Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

Public private prank

Punjab slips for sand mine, again

Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed

Forestry, the Mexican way

Can business be responsible

INDIA

Auto yes to coal

High powered panel recommends freeing coal blocks in forests

Nepal needs SEZ booster for its floundering economy

Left wing parties prove a major hindrance in enacting SEZ law

Heading towards a cliff

As India elects new government, the 12th Five Year Plan may no longer be pro-poor

Drowned in power

Hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh sell electricity at a loss due to lack of buyers

Ponty, buses and PPPs

Letters

Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell

Barbed wire isn't the answer

Fencing off biodiversity hot spots cannot protect species

The inviolate plot

New parameters for identifying pristine forests may make them more vulnerable

‘Commercial interest cannot drive lake conservation in Bengaluru’

High Court panel frowns on handing over of city lakes to private companies

Battle over oil, coal & forests

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Drowning in its own rubbish

For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules

Letters