Pay and take
A High Powered Committee on efficient allocation of natural resources and telecom spectrum puts market above people
Wind break ends
Centre wants to withdraw sops for wind energy sector; offers an incentive to improve performance
Looking for the right bait
Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy
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
Ecofriendly subsidies proposed
EU plans to give more weightage to environmental and public safety norms by amending agricultural policy
Cancun impact felt in Dubai
The tone and tenor of the failed Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Cancun found an echo in the annual meetings of …
Fighting a flawed WTO regime
India and G-33 are pushing for reform of the agriculture subsidy system but the US and EU have a different agenda for the upcoming Bali meet
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
Biomass market in a flux
Biomass power generation started with a bang 10 years ago. Plant owners, Ruhi Kandhari and Aparna Pallavi met say the picture is not that …
World’s 60 largest banks pumped $5.5 trillion into fossil fuels after the Paris Agreement: Report
$673 billion spent on fossil fuel financing in just 2022; clean energy finance has been largely stagnant
A year of Russia-Ukraine war: Global fossil fuel ‘bonanza’ may lead to more conflicts, warns Greenpeace
‘Neo-colonial models of extracting fossil fuels at any cost have to come to an end’
Public Deprived System
The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system
Fanning an alternative
Progressive Maharashtra has rushed to install wind energy plants. But, ask nidhi jamwal and shikha lakhanpal, reporting from Mumbai and Dhule, …
COVID-19: WTO pushes long-term agenda of liberalising MSMEs
World Trade Organisation recommends digitalisation, transparency, trade facilitation and finance of MSMEs to revive economy
Model in a fix
Chhattisgarh's much appreciated public distribution scheme is falling apart due to corruption and mismanagement
Parched capital
While Delhi struggles to make rainwater harvesting compulsory even after 13 years of amending byelaws, Chennai shows the way
Betrayal via bamboo
Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents
Power trickles down
Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers
Big response to solar power plan
Uttarakhand gets applications for 65 per cent of its target in 15 days of launching scheme
Drought is in the mind
GOOD NEWS: There is more evidence to show that water harvesting can go a long way in dealing with drought and solving the water crisis, and even …
Political harvest
Report card: A scheme that can help solve the water crisis has become a tool to promote political interests of the ruling party Success level: Poor
Learning the mantra
Report card: The government realised its failures and learned from the civil society. Despite cases of corruption and some errors in planning, …
Keep on the grass
Alpine pastures are thriving despite policies to encourage grazing. But Himalayan pastures languish despite strong conservationist policies
Why the US is such a bully
US attempts to kill of global democracy are getting more commonplace than ever. In such a political climate, it is impossible to talk about …
Costly largesse
US unveils safety net for its farmers, shackling global free trade and posing a threat to environment