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

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

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&…

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

RTI reveals 13 of 14 operational coal mines allotted to PSUs being run by pvt contractors

Of the total 35 coal mines allotted to PSUs between 2015 and 2020, 21 have been given to mines developer and operator contractors

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

Farrukhabad children deaths show the rampant mismanagement in government hospitals

49 children have reportedly died in a month in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad district hospital due to lack of oxygen supply, but the …

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 …

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

For more skin in the game

With RBI and the Supreme Court calling for action against powerful debtors, state-owned banks have been put on notice

Banks at a loss

Piling up non-performing assets serve as a lesson for banks to do social and environmental impact assessments of projects more rigorously

Use public sector lands for Make in India-like businesses, suggests Economic Survey

It also recommends the use of public lands for start-ups and industrial clusters

Civil v political

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

Out of rathole

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

Battle against TB

Latest WHO report highlights the advances made by countries in controlling the spread of tuberculosis and recommends ways to achieve eradication 

Scientifically invalid

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

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

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?

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