Budget 2020-21: Govt likely to set up a national ‘plantation corporation’
Experts express concern; say move against Constitution’s federal structure
Women interrupted
Surgical removal of uterus causes unnatural menopause, leads to memory decline
The City-not-so-Beautiful
Agartala's highrises get notice
Parliament panel says no to FDI in retail
Three cheers for democracy
Rs 11,000 crore lost in woods
Value of diverted forestland not recovered completely. Where is the money?
Can COVID-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?
Colonial use of planning for cultural and structural isolation, as well as for socio-economic and spatial segregation, limited Africa’s …
Gujarat is misusing forest laws under garb of ‘sustainable’ development
Forest lands, over which rights of adivasis have been recognised or are pending recognition, have been usurped for carrying out plantations under …
78% MPs yet to identify villages for development under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
With just nine months to go, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, a scheme that is low on priority of the Lok Sabha and Rajya MPs, is way off the target …
NGT orders stay on Draft Shimla Development Plan 2041
Plan will have disastrous consequences for environment and public safety, National Green Tribunal cautioned
A risky route
A Rs 12,000-crore coastal road project in Mumbai is facing stiff resistance from fishers, urban planners and environmentalists. But, the …
Second car-free day observed in Delhi on November 22
Chief Minister Kejriwal says that reducing the number of cars can significantly bring down pollution levels in the city
Goa's Regional Plan 2021 suspended
Manohar Parrikar orders cancellation of permissions granted to new projects under the plan
GDP ignores cost to the environment
Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed?
Inheritance of loss
Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor
Who are the poor?
Planning Commission's poverty estimates do not reflect ground reality
An exercise in flippancy
Planning Commission report for a low-carbon future disappoints
Identifying the poor and measuring the poverty is a contentious issue. Poverty line is not a sacred line. At best, it indicates how far the …
Poverty level will increase if health expenditure included
Planning Commission factors in less than one rupee a day as health expenditure in its affidavit to the apex court
Fresh development plan for naxal-affected districts
Rural schemes to be more flexible; get more funds
Forest rights activists campaign on Twitter to demand CAMPA repeal
Activsts took to Twitter raising issues about misuse of tribal lands, displacement of communities under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act
This tribal district has become 'immune to drought' with people's participation
Jhabua continues to flourish and maintain its status as a model district while many others fail
World Cities Day: How humans and robots can co-exist in cities
Robots are taking on more tasks in the world’s cities but create more challenges for policymakers
We mapped green spaces in South Africa and found a legacy of apartheid
Using publicly available satellite images in combination with the 2011 census data, we found that virtually all (96 per cent) South African …