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What’s the role of external financing in Indian Railways?
Let’s understand the growing prominence of external institutions in helping the government supplement its efforts to establish railway projects
SMEs in Africa ignored in food and agriculture policy debates: Report
64% of food consumed across Africa is controlled by small and medium-sized enterprises
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 …
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
REDD+: India goes all out on safeguards, Tuvalu plays spoilsport
The Durbanator reports
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 …
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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's efforts to reign in the private healthcare sector have been scuttled once again. Who is to be blamed?
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 …
Scaling up private finance is crucial to bridge funding gap for climate change projects
India’s climate pledges need a staggering $10 trillion financial investment, about three times the country’s GDP
COP27: Global North governments want private sector to pay for loss and damage
Private sector companies’ understanding of climate adaptation and mitigation is limited, according to experts
COVID-19: Where are those pushing for privatised healthcare?
NITI Aayog, which has always advocated privatisation of public health infrastructure, has been silent recently
Simply put: The budget amid a pandemic
Down To Earth’s cartoonist Sorit Gupto analyses the budget for the next financial year through his cartoons
Africa Climate Summit 2023: Private sector commits to invest in green growth, mitigation & adaptation
They also committed to a just and equitable transition that ensures their supply chains, value chains
Heavy sway: Big corporations with power over farmer producer companies is diluting their purpose
Cluster-based business organisation were started to hand-hold small farmers’ businesses, but now control the FPCs instead
Experts raise concerns as no more social impact assessment for Odisha projects
Bill retracted 6 months ago passed in House recently; state continues crackdown on land acquisition opponents
Oxfam’s latest report is a wake-up call on the ever-increasing gulf between India’s haves and have-nots
India should adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic model to reduce its inequalities
Corporate net zero promises found to be insufficient and relying on cheap offsets
25 of the world’s largest companies only commit to reduce emissions by 40% on average, not 100% as suggested by the terms ‘net zero&…
Private funds for Madhya Pradesh forests: Beware of legal concerns, warn experts
MP government plans to hand over 37,420 sq km degraded forest to private companies for afforestation
Indian thermal power plants got Rs 7.62 lakh crore in loans in 17 years: Report
Tamil Nadu got the most loans at over Rs 84,000 crore; followed by Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
