MALAR miracle

From literacy to economic independence

Revamp, really?

Government juggles with data to rehash Northeast India's industrial policy

All for a better future

More than 100 nations of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) met in the capital to chalk out plans for a better, sustainable future

Making sense of `Make in India'

Manufacturing needs to get a boost. But what to manufacture and how are two critical questions

A billion could be without water in Asia by 2050

New research explains that growth in economy and population along with climate change are building water-stress

Sensitive economics

Anil Agarwal's article, "The poverty of Amartya Sen", publised in the December 15, 1999 issue of Down To Earth , has drawn a number of …

Increased funding for bamboo project

China's stupendous success in exploiting bamboo for economic gains appears to have prompted India to follow suit. The heightened interest in this …

"Industry must invest in clean projects "

Brian Robinson , chairperson, Australian Environment Protection Authority (epa) has enabled the Australian environmental enforcement system to …

Environment first, economy later, say Indians

Energising!

Compliance tax

Keeping track

Following up on sustainable development summits

Regaining a paradise

Involvement of locals in the management of natural resources has earned remarkable dividends for the Doon valley

Biden is inheriting a wrecked economy, but Democrats have a record of avoiding recession and reducing unemployment

Since Eisenhower assumed presidency in 1953, the economy measured by GDP, unemployment, inflation & recessions has done better …

What long-term economic stagnation means for climate change

Steel industry is a key driver of climate change and is responsible for around 7% to 9% of global carbon emissions

Heat stress affected worker output in factories in India: Study

Manufacturing plants generate about two per cent less revenue for every one degree Celsius rise in annual temperature, the study found

A long-term perspective on global warming

Global Warming: The Economic Stakes William R Cline Publisher: Institute for International Economics, Washington, May 1992 Pages: (xi) + 103 …

Integrated development essential for India

Impact of Urbanisation and Industrialisation on Rural Society Edited by PS Lamba and S S Solanki . Publisher: Wiley Eastern Limited, Delhi . …

Wisdom from an obscure archipelago

In Down To Earth's first Country Report, ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN look at Papua New Guinea, its short but volatile transition to the market …

Does government know one ecotourism from another?

Is the Andaman Works Department an expert body on eco-tourism? It will, in the near future, monitor the construction of hotels and resorts on …

Will liberalisation destroy the environment?

Get eight economists to discuss an issue and you'll get nine opinions. Down to Earth did precisely that. Eight noted economists were invited, …

Locating the State

In September 2004, Down To Earth carried a two-part editorial on the failure of the State to deliver basic services. In the September 15, 2004 …

GREEN REMEDIES

The status of health can be improved with proper environment management

Ideas India

The book celebrates bold enterprises of ordinary Indians

SELF (UN) EMPLOYMENT