2012 a drought year, accepts government

Met department delayed fresh monsoon forecast for a fortnight. El Nino is active

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, …

Rules of engagement

Thirty years on, what does the Narmada Bachao Andolan teach us?

Inheritance of loss

Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor

New poverty estimate scrapped

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh orders for new methodology

The great Western aid trick

Countries donate on condition that recipient nations buy goods from them, shows a report

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 …

Rights without benefits

Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, …

Eye on the storm

Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s livelihood. What did it …

El Nino fallout: food prices to shoot northward

The weather phenomenon will bring down production, increase food prices worldwide

Veggies delight

The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …

Environment Day: Green agenda for new government

Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister

Is Arctic rush worth it?

With Shell's proposed oil exploration in the Chukchi Sea, we revisit the potential impact of exploring oil, natural gas, minerals and fish …

A conservative agenda

Debates explode over more focus on species beneficial to humans

A bill for biodiversity

CoP-11 has an urgent agenda: to look for money to fund new targets

Mining at deep sea

Countries are delving deeper into the ocean to explore its mineral wealth. The deposits on the ocean floor are enormous and the ecology of this …

More government, less governance

Environment versus development: 2014 sets the stage for bitter polarisation

Why we should worry about 8% deficit rainfall in July

Historically, a deficit monsoon in July invariably leads to drought

Free from poverty line

Centre delinks access to welfare schemes from poverty line

Troubled start

Creation of panchayati raj ministry sparks row

A real disaster

Rich states, fewer disasters, more calamity relief fund

Foodgrains risk rot

No place to store seven million tonnes of procured foodgrains

On delicate ground

Demand to amend Forest Conservation Act looms large over talks between Naxalites and AP

Timely, but incoherent

Opportunity squandered

Survey reveals how MPs have made a thorough hash of development fund scheme