The deadly public sector

Rajasthan seed initiative wilts

MoUs with biotech seed companies in limbo as protests force a rethink

Channels of interest

National Water Policy draft gives industry implicit priority over agriculture

Public transport scores over private in Goa

Jan Aushadhi Stores fail to take off

Very few visit governmentÔÇÖs generics retail outlets

Safal shows the way

Mother Dairy’s retail model helps farmers but is under pressure from chains

History and our notions of ideal and modern

What now ?

Desperate measures are the call of the day. Common people need to have a greater say

The failure

Nationalisation of coalmines has failed badly

Making hell-holes

What slaughter mining and power plants have done to the people and the environment

What a waste

Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink

Manipulating research

Gas distress

Making Mumbai global hub

Rajasthan scraps seed pacts

ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety

Licence revived, production halted

Government-run vaccine units fail to resume supply for immunisation programme

Scientifically invalid

Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science

Cosmetic concern

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

Public private prank

Mineral development PSU snaps ties with Rio Tinto

Joint venture with Anglo-Australian firm to explore iron ore yielded no result

Green politics for green technologies

Can business be responsible

Nepal needs SEZ booster for its floundering economy

Left wing parties prove a major hindrance in enacting SEZ law

Heading towards a cliff

As India elects new government, the 12th Five Year Plan may no longer be pro-poor