West Bengal platform demands green focus in poll agendas, releases charter of environmental issues

Politicians acknowledge environmental shortcomings but deflect responsibility to public; BJP MP advises against expecting significant action from …

Survey highlights severe nutrition deficiencies in West Bengal tea workers

Study carried out following death of a tea worker due to starvation

Voting without voters: West Bengal may see migrants flocking home to vote & document citizenship status amid CAA worries

Migrants likely to influence fate of elections in state; CAA cloud advantage to Trinamool but BJP to leverage governance failure that led to …

DTE Coverage: How halt in MGNREGA work affected rural Bengal

Many working-age men have been forced to migrate in search of work, leaving women, children & the elderly behind in ‘ghost villages’

West Bengal farmers shift from wheat to lucrative banana, lentils and maize cultivation

Cultivation area of maize has increased eightfold and tripled for pulses in last decade

In rural West Bengal, debts mount and socioeconomic fabric collapses in absence of MGNREGS

Local economy hangs by a thread as residents desperately demand revival of the rural employment scheme

Nature-based solutions can help Sundarbans survive

Mangroves hold crucial resources that can help protect the rich and diverse biosphere

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 27, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

From job card holders to migrants: Former MGNREGS workers in West Bengal lament loss of identity and dignity

Workers now falling back into trap of migration with no fixed jobs, income 

Absence of MGNREGS work take a toll on festivities, medical care and nutrition intake in rural West Bengal

Villagers report grappling to make ends meet due to loss of guaranteed employment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 19, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

DTE Exclusive: Rampant shark hunting in Digha along Bengal’s coast

Often sharks from both Digha and Kakdwip are sent to various top hotels in the state for the preparation of shark fin soup

After halt in MGNREGS work, ‘ghost colonies’ emerge across West Bengal as villages empty in search of employment

Lack of work opportunities see rural residents permanently migrate with families

Goolar ka chokha

Poi saagdal

How the GST has affected traditional weavers in West Bengal

Orders from wholesalers have dried up, affecting the weavers' income

James Bong

A scourge called arsenic

Simply Put: Marsupial mystery

Alloy of 8: Non-descript Pukhuria keeps making bowls the same way for 150 years

Village in Bengal's Bankura district now sends its craftwork to as far as Australia

Swasthya Sathi will now include Bengal’s entire population: Mamata

However, experts feel direct free healthcare delivery for all should be the goal

Simply Put: Not-so-clean air in Kolkata

Simply Put: Head in the sand

Nipped in the bud

Clay mines kill