15 lessons for India
As odd-even traffic restrictions in Delhi draw to a close, we highlight the takeaways from this massive community initiative to curb air …
How natural resources doomed UPA
Management of natural resources will be the toughest job for the new government
लाभार्थियों को नया वोट-बैंक बना रही मोदी सरकार
नरेंद्र मोदी लोगों को अधिकार देने की सोच के उलट कल्याणकारी योजनाओं से उन्हें उपकृत कर सरकार चलाना चाहते हैं
India among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO
Half of people employed in forestry in the world are in India
Paying farmers for ecological services
Walk the village talk
After raising the political profile of village councils, government wants to downsize them
Forest war
Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource alienation, …
Losers again
Are our budgets participatory?
Legislative scrutiny of budget in India compares with that of Afghanistan and Rwanda
Veggies delight
The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …
‘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.…
Green rider for GDP
World is moving towards natural capital as a measure of economic growth
GDP ignores cost to the environment
Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed?
Inheritance of loss
Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor
Poverty level will increase if health expenditure included
Planning Commission factors in less than one rupee a day as health expenditure in its affidavit to the apex court
In deep water
Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …
Will India officially be poverty free in 2023?
National Statistical Office rolling out consumption expenditure sample survey; may note impact of central schemes adding to people’s income
Why Hirakud dam failed to check flood
The river has strayed from its flood control route
A million opportunities lost
The ruling alliance’s flagship rural employment programme took unprecedented strides in creating water conservation structures across the …
The panchayat outrage
It was a vote for self-governance, not self-determination. No panchayat election in the country ever created as much hype as that of Jammu and …
Environment Day: Green agenda for new government
Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister