Rs 3,300 crore to counter Naxalites

District administration will decide how to use funds

Call to strengthen infrastructure for quality assurance

Any measuring equipment in a country should be calibrated through a measurement chain, says National Physical Laboratory’s Director Dinesh …

Yojna Banao Abhiyan - then a hit, now a miss

The local administration in Jharkhand is undermining the decentralised scheme, created to enhance livelihood, manage natural resources and …

Six rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of 'unprecedented' weather events

After extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey, city planners need to think about the smartest way to rebuild

GST regime could reduce local self-governing bodies to mendicancy

Enforcement of GST will dry up sources of revenue for urban local bodies such as municipalities and municipal corporations

Africa’s economic progress requires investment in people: ECA

According to the ECA, Africa’s growth story is underpinned by increased investment in infrastructure, rapid urbanisation and rising …

Realising low carbon infrastructure dream

IDFC report puts forth an assortment of diverse solutions

SC allows Games village near Yamuna

Animal husbandry’s share increases by 40% in Budget 2023-24

Agriculture credit target goes up to Rs 20 lakh crore; Focus on livestock health and disease control programme in allocation

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: What the choices might look like

Decision makers need to employ strategic foresight to better navigate uncertainty, upheaval and inevitable change

Union Budget 2022-23: Customs exemption extension on steel scrap will bring temporary relief

It would have been good to see the Centre taking concrete steps to improve domestic scrap availability

Poor health infrastructure, high population density make UP a ‘COVID-19 hell’

Health infrastructure cannot be built overnight, experts say, as the state bleeds under the viral assault

Calls for protectionism in the West should not scare Africa: UNECA

Africa needs to move away from the model of selling rich natural resources which do not generate enough financing for development

The 20th century saw a 23-fold increase in natural resources used for building

Massive expansion of natural resource consumption will have a considerable environmental impact

The facade of sharing

Public-private partnership is more about dividing: risks go to the public agency, profits to the private

Three years on, only 15% of Rs 1 lakh crore agri infrastructure fund disbursed

The scheme was launched in 2020 for the development of post-harvest infrastructure

As told to Parliament (July 27, 2023): Centre restricted import & export of biofuels to promote them, says minister

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Climate’s clear connect: Africa needs to come together to curb its health crises fanned by global warming

The resource-constrained scenarios faced by most governments warrant pooling of resources 

Behind the curve: How COVID-19 exposed India’s apathetic rural health infrastructure

It should not have taken a pandemic for the government to realise the importance of the rural healthcare infrastructure and of universal free …

Report urges sustainable infrastructure development to fight climate change

The global South will account for roughly two-thirds of infrastructure investment worth US $ 4 trillion per year. Asian and African nations need …

As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

Some US cities are beginning to take steps toward incorporation of sponge city concepts into their stormwater management plans, but most of these …

Public purpose

Can aid engineer economic prosperity?

While it will not be in anyone's interest to cut off foreign aid to Africa, it is clear that countries that receive such aid must show more …

Chinkara antelope are dying in the Thar’s traditional pastures; Here is why

More than 100 Chinkara have died prematurely in the last three-four months in Orans in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan

Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm to cut fossil fuel use in construction

Bringing changes to the construction industry can help decrease emissions 44% by 2050, according to a report by C40 Cities