Digging the earth

Earlier it was deforestation, now it is mining that threatens the once stately Aravallis with total destruction

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

Public sector banks score over private ones

Out of rathole

Post a ban on small-scale coal mining, Meghalaya is investing its energy and enterprise in other sectors

In the pay of plastics

India's biggest public sector unit is out to ape the West's fashion for unsustainable living

No health without wealth

The latest NSSO data shows that people are being forced to take loans and sell assets for treatment as the government healthcare system deteriorates

Back to toilet school

On August 15, the government announced it had achieved the target of building toilets in all schools in India. But are these toilets functional?

Civil v political

Arguably, this is the hottest political summer for Delhi. Reason: friction between anti-corruption activists and the Union government over the …

Economic Survey 2019-20: A radical deregulation agenda of poor economics and poorer economic history

Efforts to create a Singapore-on-Ganges will simply not work

Looking beyond privatisation

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In wait for revamp

Researchers and government call for new ideas to revive Indian science yet again. Will it work?

Long road to justice

The new land acquisition bill promises much but has little to ensure delivery

Confusion over RTI persists

Do PPP ventures come under RTI Act? Planning Commission says not its call

Arunachal Pradesh signs MoUs for hydroelectric projects

Public’s private peeve

Will Bihar’s failed model of outsourcing diagnostic services work in Chhattisgarh?

Flawed legislation

Centre’s law to regulate healthcare system faces resistance in many states

New science policy brings in PPP

Makes provision for public funding of corporate research and development

A joke we've played on ourselves

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

Public–private partnerships can help achieve sustainable agricultural development goals

Public–private partnerships in agriculture have the potential to modernise the sector and provide numerous benefits to smallholder farmers

Private project in public park

Residents of Vadodara protest construction of a multimedia laser fountain in a heritage park

The deadly public sector

Rajasthan seed initiative wilts

MoUs with biotech seed companies in limbo as protests force a rethink

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&…

Shifting care

Proposed national health policy favours private sector, reluctant to increase public health expenditure