Brave attempt at a health policy
At the end of day, the biggest <br>problem is the lack of public pressure.<br>Indian people think very little about<br> their health till they fall ill <br>
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Bringing the basics to a neglected slum
An NGO is helping residents of a Kanpur slum to get amenities like drinking water, latrines and medical care
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Forests, fuel and fodder
From deficit to surplus: a success story of joint forest management from Sakwa, a tiny village in south Gujarat
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Performance pays
The poor of India know it when a political leader is earnest about their uplift. Exit polls do not
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A year after Kalinganagar firing, tribal India refuses to shine
Driving to the Kalinga Nagar Industrial Zone to commemorate the first anniversary of tribals killed during a protest, stone crushers line the newly paved highway. Women, children and men wield
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Promising water
NDA's promise on water is nothing more than words. And at best it means a lot of valuable taxpayer money literally thrown down the drain
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Balancing on a limb
A membership that embraces 25 per cent of Denmark's population more than all its political parties put together gives this organisation an undreamt of social clout
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Water current
Hydroelectricity can now be generated without the need of costly civil works and installation of complex machinery
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Sunpower is for free
A new plan to popularise solar photovoltaic products has recently been launched in India
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How sustainable a partner?
Industry s role in managing the dwindling freshwater resources of the world was highlighted at the sixth session of the Commission for Sustainable Development at New York. But countries of the South are hesitant about treating a social resource as a
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Inviting the plague
With all its wealth and affluence, Surat remains the least concerned about health and hygiene
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More dirt on GAP
The much-hyped sewage treatment plants installed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under the Ganga Action Plan are proving to be ineffective. A report released in October states that the irrigation water supplied from these steps to villages located in the area i
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'I don't think future generations will be very happy with our performance'
Michael Jefferson is vice president of the London based World Energy Council WEC , an international association covering all energy forms. Jefferson has co chaired 2 main commissions of the WEC, the latest one involving more than 500 people. Nine Regiona
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The investment dilemma
Technological improvement for greater efficiency faces many hurdles, especially poor immediate returns on investment
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"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"
Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council LAHDC speaks to Down To Earth.
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In the pay of plastics
India s biggest public sector unit is out to ape the West s fashion for unsustainable living
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Reinforced
Building code made stronger
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Heading for a burnout
Increased incomes, innovative financing schemes, short-sighted policies and wasteful attitudes have led to an enormous amount of energy being squandered
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Extinguished!
Conventional politics breaks up the fiery spirit of an ideal self sustaining forest community
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Breaching the digital divide
Information technology can become a good development tool for the rural India. But can our villages be logged on to the infotech highway with poor infrastructure in terms of power supply and connectivity. Can we provide information to the common man in hi