India compromises on WTO deal

Under pressure from the US, it accepts conditions not part of G-33 proposal

Count the natural debt, too

Sour and sweet - Gujarat

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

Labour exit

Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat

Powered by husk

Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation

Time for course correction

Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget

Importing Disaster

Parking that can’t be found

Energy pill for renewable sector

World Bank prepares off-grid scheme to revitalise growth

Grains of doubt

Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme

Farmers want support

Say they are more vulnerable due to erratic weather

Nuclear madness

What about privatisation, then?

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’

Ace swimmer Lewis Pugh swims seven seas to raise awareness

The initiative is to campaign for dedicated Marine Protected Areas across the world

Who foots the huge dole for business?

Bad loans of public sector banks to business are more than double the food subsidy

Public Deprived System

The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system

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

Think differently, Mr Finance Minister