Solar Entrepreneurs

20 hectares of millet

India’s food self-sufficiency is conditional to drought-hit districts

For over 40 years India’s net sown areas remain the same; drought-hit areas have to increase production to match food demand

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

More bite, less to chew

The most controversial aspect of the food security law is the restructuring of the public distribution system to cover an unprecedented 67 per …

US targets China’s wind subsidy

Files complaint in WTO; says China unfairly helping equipment makers

India's fertiliser subsidy policy favours the industry

Government's subsidy policy remains pro-industry

PDS fails in feeding India's poor

Pyrrhic victory

Mumbai has 2.6 million fake ration cards

Why do farmers have to die?

Why do farmers have to die?

Don't need subsidies, give us the right price

For most Indians, Mahendra Singh Tikait is the man who brought Delhi to its knees in 1988 with a rally that brought the national capital face to …

'Fossil fuel subsidies should be deemed as negative climate finance'

Experts cite examples of many countries which have begun diverting fossil fuel subsidies towards development projects

Coal prices set to change

New grading system will be a setback for the power sector  

Push for neem-based fertilisers

Who will grow food?

Are compulsory rural postings for medical students needed to revamp health centres?

A little green thought

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

Study identifies genes linked to obesity

The results could provide new insights into weight-loss therapies and help prevent metabolism-associated diseases

Books in cyberspace

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‘Manipulate market, lower drug prices’

In times of rising costs of healthcare compounded by shortage of funds, UNITAID, a UN organisation, was set up in 2006 to improve access to life-…

Difficult to digest

After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?