Making polluters pay

Despite bureaucratic hurdles, a non-governmental organisation hope to bring to book an erring paper mill in Punjab

It's political

Water scarcity in a Faridkot village

‘What other option do we have?’: Why stubble fires would not die

The happy seeder and super seeder machines are too few in number, a lot of them are defunct: Why farmers set their crops on fire every year 

कांट्रेक्ट फार्मिंग वाली कंपनियों का नया दांव : चुनिंदा किसानों को प्राइवेट एमएसपी

वर्ष 2018 में कंपनी ने किसानों को न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य देने का लिखित आश्वासन दिया था लेकिन भाव अधिक होने पर उचित दाम मिलेगा ...

Bumper kharif amid excess stock? Is India staring at hard agri decisions

Restrict procurement from Punjab and Haryana; stop procuring from states offering bonus on MSP; divert excessive stock for ethanol and cattle feed

Maharashtra consumed the most chemical pesticides in 5 years: Report

Pesticide consumption in India grew by 13.07 per cent in India between 2014-15 and 2017-18

Eye-opening study on Punjab's rural women labourers poses many questions in poll season

High debts, sexual exploitation, gender disparity, caste discrimination and exclusion from the political process continue to bedevil these mostly …

Can gasification be the solution to crop burning?

Biomass gasification can not only prevent air pollution from burning crop residues, but also increase farmers’ income and manage municipal …

Treated sewage for Gurgaon projects

Haryana government makes treated sewage available to developers affected by court moratorium on groundwater extraction

Reeds to the rescue

An ecofriendly way of treating polluted wastewater holds promise for rural India

Ploughing on in Punjab

How successful will the state's crop deversification scheme be?

No hair-raising experience this

Punjab takes precautions for mealy bug attack

To store and to have not

Poor planning creates shortage amid plenty

Parched Punjab

India's most agriculturally prosperous state, Punjab, is staring at an impending groundwater crisis. Over-extraction of groundwater and faulty …

Bt for Better Times?

Good weather, illegal Bt seeds raise Punjab's sagging cotton yields

Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …

बुंदेलखंड के किसानों ने कहा, पंजाब जैसी मंडियां हमें भी दे दीजिए

मध्यप्रदेश और बुंदेलखंड से दिल्ली आ रहे किसानों को लगभग 75 किलोमीटर पहले पलवल के पास ही पुलिस ने रोक दिया है

On Constitution Day, police use tear gas, water cannon on farmers

While many farmer leaders were detained November 24 and 25 and taken into preventive custody, others were detained November 26 too

Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: Reaching home

Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra has walked from Delhi to Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh to capture the plight of workers returning home after …

COVID-19 lockdown: What Punjab, Himachal are doing to keep substance abuse at bay

Amid lockdown, many substance users have turned to alternate drugs fearing withdrawal symptoms 

A look at paddy crop residue burning updates

NASA images show how smoke emanating from paddy residue burning is contributing to air pollution

Norms flouted at Punjab and Himachal eye camps

Doctor who performed surgeries at Punjab camp has been arrested while officials of the NGO are still on the run

Now land acquisition stir in Punjab

Farmers protest thermal power project by Indiabulls  

Hope for vultures