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Better allocation of funds
18 Oct 2019 5:10 PM GMTMoney under DMF provides enormous scope to scale up intervention and meet national and SDG targets at the time of a slipping hunger index
Countering illegal mining
7 Aug 2017 3:32 PM GMTSupreme Court fines illegal miners in Odisha, directs funds to be used for tribal benefit in mining districts.
Checking Tanzania’s gold rush
10 Dec 2015 9:13 PM GMTAs the jeep bounced its way through the red dust and the bumpy narrow road, we stumbled upon what looked like a refugee settlement. But as we drove...
Chaos in reforms
23 March 2015 9:42 PM GMTEnvironmental degradation in India is a runaway problem. There are plethora of laws and regulatory bodies, both at the Central and state levels, to...
Undermining our natural resources
26 Feb 2015 11:21 PM GMTSOON AFTER President Pranab Mukherjee signed the ordinance to amend the archaic Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act of 1957, Union...
How green is our politics?
14 April 2014 12:29 AM GMTSrestha BanerjeeAfter the high-decibel campaigns mounted by the national parties polling is finally under way in phases across India. With the...
Vanishing islands of Bangladesh
21 Nov 2013 11:40 PM GMTThe tranquility on the banks of the Meghna river in Bhola gives no inkling of the scale of destruction this island district in Bangladesh has...