Political parties use rural health mission scam stick to beat Mayawati government
Bahujan Samaj Party leader defiant blames UPA for the mess
Lift your head from the sand
Plan that isn’t
NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries
Silence is the best policy
SC bans endosulfan, for now
Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks
Polluters under MoEF scanner
Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters
Gutkha sympathiser
Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others
Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system
Rural families pay less than what they spent on kerosene lamps for off-grid lighting
Draft a Bill to protect Ganga, PMO tells environment ministry
Inter-ministerial committee to be set up for drafting legislation
Matter of life and death
Letters
News Briefs
Stop passing the buck
Lalitpur’s baby formula
Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two
Voting without voters: Uttar Pradesh migrant workers to be home for paddy transplantation next, may skip Lok Sabha polls
Migrant workers came back home for Holi, won't be able to come back for the crucial electoral process
Avartansheel Kheti changing lives with periodic farming
The purely organic method of growing food involves dividing the land into zones for cereal crops, vegetables, fruiting trees and animal husbandry
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
Voting without voters: In Uttar Pradesh, areas with low turnout are hubs of migrant workers
EC plans to reach out to migrant workers via postcards to encourage them to vote, but it may be too little, too late
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 4, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
DTE Coverage: Voting without voters
Down To Earth reports from four states on migrant voters and the upcoming Lok Sabha elections
Fair price: UP now uses a calculator to scientifically fix fee for transporting faecal sludge to treatment plants
The calculator’s flexibility allows for its use across India and even in countries that use trucks to handle faecal waste
Chipko a distant memory
The women who led the landmark environmental movement 50 years ago, speak to Down To Earth