भारत को फिर से बुलंद करना होगा गरीबी हटाओ का नारा

केवल गरीबी रेखा से नीचे रह रहे लोगों के लिए गरीबी उन्मूलन कार्यक्रम चलाने से कुछ नहीं होगा, सभी गरीबों के लिए व्यापक कार्यक्रम ...

बर्फ कम, ज्यादा बारिश, बदल रहा है आर्कटिक का मौसम

इंसानों के कारण हो रहे जलवायु परिवर्तन का असर देखना हो तो उत्तरी ध्रुव के आर्कटिक के मौसम पर नजर डालिए

The untouchables: COVID-19 lockdown and the migrants

Social-distancing on the one hand and slipping back to age-old social discrimination on the other hand can break backs 

'Sir… if we define forests, it could create many loopholes'

Union forest ministry’s reply to parliamentary committee’s query on absence of a clear definition of forests  

Himalayan meltdown: Hindu Kush Himalayan region warming faster than global average

Capping global warming at 1.5°C will still mean a higher rate for the region through this century

How to fight water scarcity this monsoon

Though the monsoon is behaving erratically, drought-prone districts are still water rich

It is not a drought

As they say, drought is a disaster one can see coming. Deficit monsoon creates situations for a drought. But it is not deficit monsoon, rather …

When people participate in a government initiative

Delhi's fight against air pollution is an example of how citizens' participation can be solicited

ADB officials quit protesting policies

Where’s Bhoodan Land?

In defence of capitalism

Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense

A fluid right

Campaign to make water and sanitation a right gathers momentum

A deal for votes

2013-14 might see expansion or monetisation of development schemes in run-up to election

Consigned to flames

Central and state authorities fiddle while underground coalfields burn in Jharia in the state of Jharkhand

Kind to cash

The government has a plan to reach welfare to the poor without wasting money. It wants to put hard cash in their hands instead of spending on …

उड़ीसा के लिए बड़ा आर्थिक बोझ साबित हो सकता है चक्रवात फोनी

उड़ीसा में 1999 की भयानक तबाही लाने वाले चक्रवात की तरह बेहद तीव्र और गंभीर चक्रवात 3 मई को सूबे से टकरा सकता है। 

Payment for Ecosystem Services: Himalayan states should demand more

Their demand for “green bonus” triggers the payment for ecosystems debate

Climate change disrupts the goal of doubling farmers’ income

According to the just tabled Economic Survey, the government needs to implement “radical” actions to ensure the Prime Minister’…

Severe cyclone strikes Odisha

It will continue ravage the coastal districts till early morning; scale of devastation will be known by late Sunday morning

The Northeast's power burden

The centrality of the Northeast to India's ambitious national electrification plan cannot be overstated, since the region will be required to …

India stopped counting poor; now the world in bind on how to achieve zero poverty by 2030

World Bank’s latest poverty report highlights how absence of poverty data in India — junked by the government last year — …

It is not a drought but a cumulative outcome of decades of policy sins

It is not deficit monsoon, rather the lack of policies and mechanisms to drought-proof susceptible areas that turn the situation into a crisis

Will the budget create a bang?

The 2015-16 Union budget will declare Modi government's development agenda

Civil society & politics

Orphaned by apathy

Hidden from the outside world, this is the plight of the Van Taungiyas. They were hired during the British rule as resident labourers to plant …