Ideas India

The book celebrates bold enterprises of ordinary Indians

SELF (UN) EMPLOYMENT

GREEN REMEDIES

The status of health can be improved with proper environment management

POLLUTION DEATHS

In the future

...only stringent and serious measures can control further rise in pollution

Breaking out of the lethal loop

Iceland to become the first hydrogen economy, to do away with fossil fuels

Achieve development

The market, simply, cannot be left alone

Opinions

Amartya Sen right prize for the wrong work?

Sen's manner of addressing poverty issues has left many questions unanswered

Geopolitical tensions can hit sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth, warns IMF

Region could see 4% GDP contraction over 10 years

The way ahead

Good values are necessary for achieving balanced social and economic development

Uncivil servants

In the land of Gandhi, nobody knows how to resolve conflicts peacefully

Trade tactics

Imposing environmental trade sanctions on the South will not help, note experts

Half-hearted democracy

UNDP's Human Development Report 2002 offers a link between politics and development

Going slow

Ploughing on in Punjab

How successful will the state's crop deversification scheme be?

Down To Earth completes 15 years

Water management practices dismal in states: Niti Aayog

Gujarat, Andhra, MP, Himachal keeps up tight water management

Voiceless representatives

With market taking charge, MPs can do precious little to shape the Budget

Dirty fuel

Even as China reduces carbon dioxide emissions by reducing coal use, US policy encourages it

BRAZIL

No greenhorn

FM focuses on political environment

Time to bid adieu

No free lunches in India

Bring back the social sector, but not interventionist planning