Losing light

Bachat Lamp Yojana flounders. Investors say faulty mechanism makes it a bad deal

The meat you eat

A behind-the-scene look at how slaughterhouses in India dispose hazardous bio-waste by endangering the environment

Just dump it

Acids of arsenic. Organo-mercury compounds. Batteries. Bristles of boars or hogs. More potent stuff: asbestos; slag dross; ash and residues of …

What a waste

Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink

Poor little rich states

Rich in natural resources but extremely poor, the three new states are in need of a new strategy for development. But no blueprints have been …

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Touch that heals trees

Aaj Ka Roadshow

Liberalisation in India has not only affected humdrum life, but also popular cultural forms. This is palpable in the changing dynamics of the big …

Drought fails to crush a Bundelkhand village

Naxalism works

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…

Why Ganga Action Plan is a pipe dream

Desperate for Expressway

Uttar Pradesh is set to begin work on its ambitious expressway along the Upper Ganga Canal, turning a blind eye to environmental concerns and …

Tangible shift

Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift

Central India in grip of worst-ever drought

Unrealistic approach killing rural sanitation programme

Cry of a river

A little known river in UP is struggling for survival. Untreated effluent, delayed action to blame

Mango resistance

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s mango belt are clear they will not allow Lucknow’s solid waste facility on their dashehari land

Untapped Potential

Lack of lagislation and certification undermines the potential of organic farming in India

Crank it up

Sugar mills in India are doubling up as power generators by burning crushed sugarcane or bagasse. But with the price of bagasse rising, their …

Matter of life and death

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …

Sand slips

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …