मजदूरों के लिए युद्ध और संघर्ष से ज्यादा बड़ा खतरा हैं जलवायु से जुड़ी आपदाएं
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मॉनसून 2023: क्या लंबी अवधि के सूखे की भविष्यवाणी कर सकता है भारत?
एक नए डीप लर्निंग मॉडल से पता चला है कि 2027 तक देश के कई महत्वपूर्ण हिस्से सूखे की चपेट में होंगें
Mining at deep sea
Countries are delving deeper into the ocean to explore its mineral wealth. The deposits on the ocean floor are enormous and the ecology of this …
Panchayats to spend Rs 1.42 lakh crore on water and sanitation
Spend 60% grant on water and sanitation: 15th Finance Commission recommends to rural local bodies
Pitfalls of a uniform food regime
In face of drought and rising food prices, attention shifts to local diet and food diversity
मनरेगा ने बदली सूरत
मनरेगा में काम की मांग इससे पहले कभी इतनी नहीं रही, जितनी कोरोना वायरस आपदा के दौरान रही है
मोदी सरकार के लिए पहला सबक, लोकतंत्र में अपनी अंतरात्मा की बजाय जनता की सुनना ज्यादा जरूरी
तीनों विवादित कृषि कानून वापस लेगी केंद्र सरकार, गुरु पर्व पर अपने संदेश में प्रधानमंत्री ने किया ऐलान
How India remains poor: Has poverty become ‘hereditary’
Millions of Indian households transfer poverty to the next generation, making poverty eradication nearly impossible
Agriculture sector has beaten pandemic, latest GDP figures show
Estimate for June quarter reported a contraction of 23.9 per cent in national GDP, but agriculture was the only sector to have reported positive …
Budget 2020-21: Will MGNREGA become an overarching rural development scheme
The upcoming budget will see many schemes being brought under the rural employment prtogramme; a direct cash transfer may be declared to top this up
15 lessons for India
As odd-even traffic restrictions in Delhi draw to a close, we highlight the takeaways from this massive community initiative to curb air …
लाभार्थियों को नया वोट-बैंक बना रही मोदी सरकार
नरेंद्र मोदी लोगों को अधिकार देने की सोच के उलट कल्याणकारी योजनाओं से उन्हें उपकृत कर सरकार चलाना चाहते हैं
Walk the village talk
After raising the political profile of village councils, government wants to downsize them
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
Will India officially be poverty free in 2023?
National Statistical Office rolling out consumption expenditure sample survey; may note impact of central schemes adding to people’s income
A million opportunities lost
The ruling alliance’s flagship rural employment programme took unprecedented strides in creating water conservation structures across the …
Himalayan meltdown: ‘Besides global warming, pollution also impacts glaciers’
ICIMOD director general talks to Down To Earth about the first-ever assessment of climate change impacts on Hindu Kush Himalayan region and how …
In deep water
Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …
Bangladesh's GM gamble
Anil Chandra Mahanta, one of the first 20 farmers to cultivate genetically modified brinjal in South Asia, does not understand the new technology.…
Women’s Day 2024: ‘She’ is for Self Help Empowerment
In India, women self-help groups have been a source of empowerment, fostering economic independence, social stature & community resilience. …
DTE Special on International Women’s Day 2024
Down To Earth delves into 7 exemplary initiatives to illustrate formidable influence of self-help groups
क्या भारत ने आय की गरीबी को मापना बंद कर दिया है?
जब भारत ने 10 साल से अधिक समय से गरीबी का आकलन ही नहीं किया है, तब वित्त मंत्री अपने बजट भाषण में किस ...
Debunking K-shaped recovery: Why the SBI’s new report gets it all wrong about India’s economic growth
The research of SBI is not representative of the Indian economy; it also pedals a newly-destined ‘narrative’
Rise of the invaders
Unprecedented rise in the world’s invasive alien species contributes to 60 per cent of extinctions and puts ecosystems at risk
Union budget 2024-25: Has India abandoned measuring income poverty?
It is over 10 years since India estimated its poverty; for which poverty reduction did the Finance Minister then take credit for?