New Mineral Policy gets Cabinet approval
Citing limited exploration of mineral reserves, Modi government opens up reconnaissance permits to private companies
Health care needs state control
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Banking disasters
A one-stop shopping facility at the World Bank for private corporations to meet their project financing and insurance needs in developing …
PIPRA: An attempt to hoodwink the Third World
The ongoing attempts to strengthen intellectual property protection regimes through the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) …
Blueprint for DJB privatisation?
The proposed Delhi Water Supply and Sewage project -- which will be funded by the World Bank and whose draft has been prepared by …
Why is private healthcare opposing the Clinical Establishments Act?
Enforcing the act is troublesome as health is a state subject and states are succumbing to the pressure of the private healthcare sector, driven …
Holes in the pipeline!
Water supply in urban areas is met partly by public systems and partly, by the private sector
The not-so-evident truth about R & D
Research by private companies has not grown in proportion with economic liberalisation because of a lack of innovative character.
Karnataka hangs on to its sandalwood
The Karnataka government ostensibly allows private production of sandalwood, but actually maintains a tight rein on the trade. In fact, eight …
A grand water helpline
the timing, and background, of the recently concluded 3rd World Water Forum in Japan ensured that water be seen through the lens of conflict. …
The facade of sharing
Public-private partnership is more about dividing: risks go to the public agency, profits to the private
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
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 …
Pulses, neglected for long
Despite being a world leader in pulses production, India has been forced to import due to crop loss and seed deficit. The sharp rise in prices is …
Corporate takeover of the US
The Bush administration's agenda aims to savage the United Nations, destroy the foundations of an emerging global community and ignore …
Private sector must be engaged to restore degraded land
The onus of restoration lies on individual farmers, those organised as cooperatives and the companies that now know that long-term growth and …
Stops, too many
While bus aggregation services are on the rise, the country is yet to prepare a legal framework for them
Ministry gets a dose of perestroika
The ministry of nonconventional energy sources is being reoriented to improve efficiency and allow private-sector participation to develop the …