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

Cancun redux

Reflecting upon the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization at Cancun, a Down To Earth editorial (see: "How not to lose …

Reform in fossil fuel subsidy is a mitigation opportunity

Money saved from the phasing out of fuel subsidies can be used for social and development programmes

Wasted wealth

Organic composting is filthy business. Facilities flout norms, produce poor quality manure

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.

Ladakh on the move

Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a …

Double financing for natural ecosystems by 2025 to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report

Current global investments in nature-based solutions $154 billion per year, needs to be $384 billion

India shakes up WTO

The fracas over India's refusal to meet the deadline on trade facilitation exposes rich nations' double standards

Rooftop hurdles

Financial and policy issues hinder the adoption of grid-connected rooftop solar power in the country

Smoke in the kitchen

The new ‘green’ biomass cookstove has immense potential but why is it missing in homes?

Rich bias

THE SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST Bjørn Lomborg · Cambridge University Press · Cambridge · 2001 · Pages: pp 515 &…

World Trade Outcry

How inevitable was the collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization? How engineered was it? CLIFFORD POLYCARP reports from the streets and …

EU threat to farmers

Free trade pact with EU will have a severe impact on Indian agriculture, specially the dairy sector