Letters

Jal Jeevan Mission Urban launched in Union Budget 2021-22

An outlay of Rs 50,011 crore was announced for the urban and rural water supply scheme, over 4 times the revised budget for 2020-2021

High and dry in Nepal

Country’s most-arid region is getting less rain than it did before, forcing villages to relocate

Centre cuts foodgrain supply for Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana

India needs to overhaul its approach towards agriculture

South Asia

Tall claim, short supply

Chhattisgarh ration shops have no ration

No taker for 43-year-old Save Grain campaign

Drought unleashes starvation

Officials admit to 10 deaths in Jharkhand's backward district, actual number might be 20

People forget food is about land, water, labour

Producing food simply to dump it is a waste of land, water, energy required for growing, processing and transporting it. Tristram Stuart,author …

Railways will serve Kinley, Aquafina

No complimentary water pouches with meals on board

Demand unsupplied

A question of political will

Two innovative states prove PDS can be made efficient

Development handcuffed

Confidential audit exposes financial, planning lapses in Andhra’s urban renewal mission

A fight for right to free water in South Africa

Renal emergency

Sri Lanka’s north-central region has been facing a health crisis for two decades. A large number of people in the region suffer from …

Letters

रिकॉर्ड गति से पिघल रही है दुनिया में बर्फ, 2017 में 65 फीसदी ज्यादा थी पिघलने की रफ्तार

1990 में यह 80,000 करोड़ टन प्रति वर्ष की दर से पिघल रही थी वो दर 2017 में बढ़कर 130,000 करोड़ टन प्रति वर्ष ...

COVID-19: Hits & misses of Centre’s advisory on water supply, sanitation

A review of MoHUA April, 2020 advisory on safe management of water supply and sanitation 

Two years of Modi government: A civil society review

According to a report, government allocation in most social sectors do not address critical concerns in health, education and civic …

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 …

Unavoidable presence

Food and malnutrition

Food coupons for BPL families

Rodents destroy crops in Mizoram