Strong medicine

Private players in forestry

The right alliance

Deal shelved

Chhattisgarh decides to scrap a privatised water supply project. What happens next?

Wasteful plan

Communities in Rajasthan reject draft wasteland policy

Start-ups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Africa's energy potential remains under-exploited, the energy entrepreneur is well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunities presented by …

New Mineral Policy gets Cabinet approval

Citing limited exploration of mineral reserves, Modi government opens up reconnaissance permits to private companies

Health care needs state control

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Banking disasters

A one-stop shopping facility at the World Bank for private corporations to meet their project financing and insurance needs in developing …

PIPRA: An attempt to hoodwink the Third World

The ongoing attempts to strengthen intellectual property protection regimes through the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) …

Blueprint for DJB privatisation?

The proposed Delhi Water Supply and Sewage project -- which will be funded by the World Bank and whose draft has been prepared by …

THAILAND

UN PLc

Will multinational corporations take over the UN?

Atomic spread

Privatisation of the Kaiga atomic plant generates a lot of heat

Sell-off norms

Rules being framed for disinvestment of natural resource-based PSUs

Roots of paucity

US policy limits agricultural yield of poor nations

What ails us

Stop privatization

Class act

Not enough beds

Why is private healthcare opposing the Clinical Establishments Act?

Enforcing the act is troublesome as health is a state subject and states are succumbing to the pressure of the private healthcare sector, driven …

Holes in the pipeline!

Water supply in urban areas is met partly by public systems and partly, by the private sector

The not-so-evident truth about R & D

Research by private companies has not grown in proportion with economic liberalisation because of a lack of innovative character.

Karnataka hangs on to its sandalwood

The Karnataka government ostensibly allows private production of sandalwood, but actually maintains a tight rein on the trade. In fact, eight …

A grand water helpline

the timing, and background, of the recently concluded 3rd World Water Forum in Japan ensured that water be seen through the lens of conflict. …