Budget 2023-24: Do you know what growth rate actually implies?

Before arriving at conclusions regarding growth, one has to be really aware of the factors and variables that determine it

Fruitful venture

Now, the natural process by which plants absorb carbon dioxide is translating into profits for the farmers of Karnataka

FLIP SIDE

Where’s the land for 8 per cent forever growth? Where’s the water?  

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Sham, sham

A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption

Market rules UK's land-use planning

People in development

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Kyoto in trouble

Russia may not ratify it. And even if it does, it's not going to do so anytime soon. That was the message, loud and clear, from the Russian …

Peace isn't elusive

After the Pulwama terror strike, the Kashmir debate has reopened. We bring to you an older article from brighter times, which underscores the …

True measure of growth

The fundamental shift

Return to the basics: create jobs in the hinterland

Losing shine

Falling profits discourage silk farmers

Identity crisis

Whether bamboo is a grass or a tree is a question of survival for many

Living off leaves

Sal leaf trade has enormous potential but suffers abject neglect

Will Indian generosity help Africa?

Green could go red

At which road head?

Not the path of economic growth, but the trail leading back to the village is the answer

'Privatisation has increased rural neglect'

The northeast has been badly affected by ethnic strife. DILIP GOGOI of Cotton College, Guwahati, on its vulnerabilit

A smile for the camera

At the capitals of three mining hotbeds, AVINASH KUMAR finds a battle to capture public imagination  

Colouring plants

Mythila painting is an innovative media that contain powerful messages of conservation

Insecure and unenergetic

Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report

Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report

Two for tangle

Development takes backseat in Northeast as two Central agencies try to outcompete each other

Jobs Jobs Jobs

The government is obsessed with economic growth. Employment is bound to follow, it claims. That's a delusion. The swelling numbers of unemployed …

Elusive hunt for skills and jobs

Budget outlays will not do much for job creation or readying youth for skilled work