Disconnect
Today, it is accepted that farm mechanisation is an unavoidable imperative. For productivity must be increased. But
Today, it is accepted that farm mechanisation is an unavoidable imperative. For productivity must be increased. But
Jal Chetna Yatra
30/08/2004
The controversy over the Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal only serves to stoke regional chauvinism and deflect attention from the real agrarian crisis faced by Haryana and Punjab.
The right-to-food campaign gets a fillip with the Common Minimum Programme of the new government incorporating far-reaching commitments on food security and the evolving constitutional doctrine that public
By the beginning of the next financial year, consumers in India would have over 10 companies to choose from while buying petrol and diesel. The new entrants in this segment include private players like Reliance, Essar and Shell, and three psus, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd (mrpl), ongc and Numaligarh Refinery.
Ramesh Chander Dagar, an organic farmer from Akbarpur Barota village, Sonipat, Haryana demonstrates how
New atlas analyses current patterns and serves up lasting solutions
29/04/2004
The main question to be examined in these matters is whether the
Role of Folk Art in Raising Public Awareness on Governance Issues
14/03/2004
NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied
A systematically careless government
Adulteration is an effect of warped pricing
CSE s Clean Air campaigners ANUMITA ROYCHOWDHURY and CHIRAG SHAH expose the dirty, intelligent and systematic business of fuel adulteration: <br> <br> The problem: Oil companies refuse to take ultimate responsibility for the quality of the fuel the
Last week, on a visit to the cold desert of Ladakh, I learnt something important. It made me see the ongoing agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organization s meet in Cancun, Mexico in a
The Haryana government s recent decision to promote glass syringes is in the midst of a storm. It has, in fact, created clear factions; one that supports the move and the other opposing it. The fact that the Union ministry of health and family welfare is
poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the economic loss has already mounted to more than Rs 60 crore. Even as the authorities final diagnosis is long overd
Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh
Drinking water project peppered with flaws
A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son s serious illness
An evaluation of the Government of India's NPIC (National Programme of Improved Cookstoves) was undertaken in six states to learn lessons and assess impediments to future stoves programmes. The programmes were assessed on the basis of stove design, consumer satisfaction, capacity for quality control, and the role of subsidies in reaching a greater number of people.