Press conference by Chinese delegation
Will cash transfer check migration?
India needs to be cautious as experience shows it can backfire
Union Budget 2020-21: Not one to double farmers' income
Last year's allocartion goes unspent; this year's raise less than 3%
GoodBAU, cruel world
UBI can be a game changer
Experiments carried out in Indore have shown positive behavioural changes among people
Why green projects in India are hot favourite of international NGOs?
Chidambaram pinpoints targets ahead of polls
Offers budget sops to women, youth and the poor
No Aadhaar, no LPG subsidy
Gas cylinder subsidy will be transferred only to those consumers who get their Aadhar number linked to LPG consumer number, insists petroleum …
COVID-19 relief didn’t reach Jan Dhan a/cs of many women: Survey
At least 12,500 women Jan Dhan account holders across 13 states were surveyed; 16% reported their Jan Dhan accounts were either not operational, …
A bad example from the US
A public sector technology transfer bill focuses exclusively on patenting
North America discarded over 5 billion kg of industrial waste in 2018 and most of it went to landfills
New study looks into waste disposal by 24,000 facilities in Canada, Mexico and the United States
Miracle cure or placebo?
While CDM has been touted as the solution to all climate negotiation problems the reality is much different. This free market will impose huge …
Activists question health secretary Desiraju’s transfer
‘Such transfers undermine ability of public institutions to function efficiently and honestly’
Last ditch attempt
UPA gives sops under MGNREGS to attract rural voters ahead of elections
Aadhaar-based LPG subsidy put on hold
Cap on subsidised cylinders raised to 12 per year
Andhra Pradesh, Haryana try to ease farmer distress with some cash
Jaganmohan Reddy govt fulfills electoral promise; ML Khattar govt announces cash assistance in run up to state polls
Dash for cash
Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer
Breach of protocol
Public–private partnerships can help achieve sustainable agricultural development goals
Public–private partnerships in agriculture have the potential to modernise the sector and provide numerous benefits to smallholder farmers
How does the Budget score on energy front?
The government has approved Rs 2,000 crore as initial outlay for providing LPG connections to poor women
In praise of open-source innovation
India slams mania for patents and says open-source models work better to spur innovation
COP15 Montreal: ‘30x30 will create more militarised Protected Areas’
Fiore Longo, director of the French chapter of Survival International, details the disadvantages of 30x30 of the Global Diversity Framework
Union Budget 2022-23: Allocations skewed towards cash-schemes in agriculture
The trend, experts said, only addresses the symptoms of the agrarian crisis and not the cause.
CSIR-CMERI transfers COVID related technologies for commercial production
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, transferred technologies related to COVID-19 to three private-sector enterprises.
Waste plant in Tamil Nadu raises stink
Residents say the project will contaminate drinking water; pollution board gives clean chit