CAG flags series of overruns in UP’s major irrigation projects
Outcomes unachieved despite UP government spending over 4,101 crore on major irrigation projects
India’s kala-azar cases declined 98.7% since 2007: Health ministry
Around 99.8% endemic blocks in India have achieved elimination status, says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 6, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Why we may have missed the bus on ensuring paddy co-firing in Delhi-NCR coal plants this year
Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh need to identify the major aggregators in their respective states and ensure allocation of suitable land and …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 14, 2022)
Sikhs of Lakhimpur-Kheri: How India has to discover itself everyday because of its education system
The elevation of Charanjit Channi to chief ministership and the tragic deaths of Sikh farmers in Lakhimpur-Kheri show us just what exactly is …
Stubble burning down in Punjab, Haryana, UP since 2016: NASA maps
Data from the agency shows that all three states have made progress in reducing stubble burning between 2016 and 2019
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 12, 2019)
Is there an election angle to leather industry boost?
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, hubs of the leather industry are also up for election this month
UP’s mini-grid policy tries to boost rural electrification
Private players can now set up solar plants to power rural households and recover tariff from the users in Uttar Pradesh
More rain for South India; storms return to central region
A new upper air trough has hit India, changing the weather conditions across the central and southern regions of the country
Costs threaten future of green army
Putting retired Indian army personnel to work on reforestation was a unique and effective idea. But the decade-old scheme has been soured by a …
Rehabilitating land
Innovative technology and consolidation ofscattered land holdings has made agriculture profitable in UP
Book review: Panchayats, democracy and development
In 1992 the Indian Parliament approved of the 73rd constitutional amendment, which made it mandatory for state governments to devolve powers to …
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Communities in Chhattisgarh & Uttar Pradesh are using tech, on-ground monitoring to reduce human-elephant conflicts
Engaging communities in conservation efforts is critical as India is witnessing an increase in conflicts between people and pachyderms
Simply put: Labour laws
Are public private partnerships in irrigation the way forward?
A recent World Bank report suggests that PPPs can improve irrigation and agriculture
Deteriorating air quality in Delhi and Dhaka, as smog envelops both capitals
Bangladesh has been urged by the World Bank to clean up the air by coordinating more closely with its south Asian neighbours
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 22, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2023)
Tremors in Delhi-NCR again after fresh quake in Nepal
Earthquakes struck Nepal thrice this week on November 9,10 and 12
UP headed towards drought? Less than normal rainfall in 96% districts
Police stop farmers from using tube wells to irrigate their fields
Islamic banking with a twist
A cooperative in Bihar offers interest-free loans, but only to its poor members
Group greening