New science policy brings in PPP

Makes provision for public funding of corporate research and development

Rajasthan seed initiative wilts

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

Channels of interest

National Water Policy draft gives industry implicit priority over agriculture

Public transport scores over private in Goa

Stuart Cole on effective transport management

Transport economist Stuart Cole is director of the Wales Transport Research Centre in Cardiff. On a recent visit to Mumbai, he spoke to Nidhi …

High-speed derailment

Indefinite closure of Delhi airport metro line dashes faith in public private partnerships

History and our notions of ideal and modern

Making Mumbai global hub

Rajasthan scraps seed pacts

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

Mineral development PSU snaps ties with Rio Tinto

Joint venture with Anglo-Australian firm to explore iron ore yielded no result

Nepal needs SEZ booster for its floundering economy

Left wing parties prove a major hindrance in enacting SEZ law

‘Forest department is the encroacher’

When V Kishore Chandra Deo became the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs three months ago, both the ministries were in inertia.…

Nationwide strike cripples France

Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

Letters

Cough resistance

Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in India is plagued by delayed diagnostics and inaccurate treatment procedures. An initiative in …

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

In wait for revamp

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

Confusion over RTI persists

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

Flawed legislation

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

Shifting care

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

Is new land bill up to mark?

Draft land bill proposes higher compensation for land acquisitions, but complaints persist  

Tussle over land

Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources

Licence revived, production halted

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

Into the abyss?

The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office report