Black money

Economic concerns make the US promote unclean fuel

A fish called subsidy

Promotes inequality between fishers and hampers sustainable development

Locating the State

In September 2004, Down To Earth carried a two-part editorial on the failure of the State to deliver basic services. In the September 15, 2004 …

Visibly efficient

Will cash transfer check migration?

India needs to be cautious as experience shows it can backfire

Paying nature's bill

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the …

A rupee's worth

Jyotika Sood reveals how cooperative societies believe in taking an extra rupee from farmers but not sparing 78 paise

Will imposition of green taxes be viable?

Down To Earth's round table on fiscal instruments to manage the environment brought together economists, environmentalists and representatives …

India's gold follies and food security

Why are lawmakers so ready to forego huge tax revenues on gold but baulk at spending on food for the poor?

Paying nature's bill

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the …

20 hectares of millet

Look at the sun

Government has made half-baked efforts to promote solar pumps, a cost-effective irrigation tool

Business as usual

The EU has not learnt anything from its failure at Cancun

Ponds for strongmen

Village heavyweights use natural farming methods

Price of food inflation

In near future the impact of high food price will show in terms of more malnourished

Pay and take

A High Powered Committee on efficient allocation of natural resources and telecom spectrum puts market above people

Looking for the right bait

Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy

Painful entry for Poland into the EU

ZOE YOUNG travels through Poland to find that its farmers dread integration with the EU

Solar units beyond people's reach in Sunderbans

Wind loses power

Tamil Nadu has 40 per cent of the wind energy capacity installed in India, yet the state is reeling from power crisis

Penny foolish, pond wise

Once parched, Dewas in Madhya Pradesh is now a lush green district

Bitter WTO pill

India, Brazil help the North force its way at Hong Kong

Eating right to save the planet

We need to re-invent sustainable agriculture so that it can meet the needs of millions, but does not cost us the Earth

Solar lighting systems successful in Rajasthan

Food crisis grips Bangladesh after flood and cyclone Sidr