It is official: The monsoon is the chief finance minister of India

Economic growth in 2016-17 depends critically on a good monsoon, says Economic Survey

India to stand steady against global financial volatility: World Bank

Weak farm output and halted bills may hamper growth trajectory for the country

Mayhem in Arunachal

Talking about air

A tale of two districts

Why is Jhabua, and not kalahandi, a success story?

SOME HOPES AND LOTS OF FEAR

THE message of the citizens' fifth report on the state of india's environment

Health of developing nations

Ecofriendly lubricants

Book notice: Hope in sight

Improving People's Lives: Lessons in Empowerment from Asia, edited by Mukul Sharma

Steep lack

Indian lac production has hit an all-time low. RICHARD MAHAPATRA seeks remedies

Seeds of ruin

Indian farmers grapple with debt as economy grows

Is this state sponsored land grab?

Public audit on SEZs says dalit farmers were coerced to part with land

Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term

India recorded extreme weather events on 291 of the 334 days between January 1 and November 30, 2022

Growing burden

Our fanatical pursuit of GDP as the sole measure of development is only throwing up more catastrophic nightmares

Future in the past

FUTURE OF PROGRESS: REFLECTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Edited by Vandana Shiva, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Edward Goldsmith and Martin Khor …

Deepening green tech divide between Global North, South to worsen economic inequality, warns UN

Without decisive action by governments, developing countries may miss out on economic opportunities from green tech

Southern Africa most unequal region on the continent: Report

Top 10% of society in the region took the lion’s share of the national income, whereas the bottom 40% took just 4%

The far side

If the world is serious about addressing climate change it will have to immediately start moving out of fossil fuel technologies.

Commonwealth finance ministers mull over how to tax tech MNCs

The growing digitalisation of trade in services is affecting the collection of tax and adding to the burden of global debt, estimated at $19 trillion

Experts warn about the dangers of signing RCEP

At a media interaction in New Delhi, experts from civil society organisations enumerated damages that could be caused to various sectors of the …

Economic Survey 2018-19: Swachh Bharat needs to move to next level

Document declares that since toilets have been built, the focus will now shift to solid waste management

Economic Survey 2018-19: School going population peaks as fertility rate declines

Nine states, which have fertility rates well below the replacement rate, will have an aged population by 2030s

What does it take to tax the rich?

There is no doubt that we will not be able to fix the inequality crisis and build a more equal world without making the rich pay their fair share …

‘India budget weak in public participation; limited in transparency’

The country’s performance in terms of public participation and budget oversight by the legislature was rated “weak” in the survey

How the rise in ethnic tensions at Kenya's universities is hurting the academy

Ethnic consciousness has been a part of Kenya’s higher education politics since the first decade of independence