Inequality amplifies malnutrition crisis in India
That child malnutrition levels in India are high and slow to improve, even when compared with neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, does not need belabouring.
झाबुआ थर्मल पावर प्लांट से निकलने वाली राख स्वास्थ्य और पर्यावरण के लिए एक गंभीर खतरा
मध्य प्रदेश के गोरखपुर गांव में स्थित झाबुआ थर्मल पावर प्लांट से निकलने वाली राख आम लोगों के जीवन में जहर घोल रही है। क्षेत्र में विकास और रोजगार का वादा करने वाला यह...
A Wasted Effort: A Decade On, Task Force’s Suggestions on Garbage Disposal Have Failed
About a decade ago, in 2013, the Planning Commission constituted the “Task Force on Waste-to-Energy” to identify technically feasible, financially affordable and environmentally sound processing and disposal technologies for municipal solid waste in India....
Bank Officers and Employees Come in Support of the Protesting Wrestlers
All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) and All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), both apex bodies representing more than 6 lakh bankers, have addressed a communique to express their strong condemnation and outrage regarding...
Mind the wealth gap, bridge it with wealth tax
Inequality in India is at obscene levels. While still home to a very large number of people living in destitution, the number of dollar billionaires in India increased from one in the mid-1990s to...
What’s happening in the petrochemical and plastics industry this month! Monthly Update | May 2023
We present the developments over the past month on petrochemicals, plastics and waste to energy plants in the country.
Fortified Rice: iron for some, gold for many
Fortified rice is making inroads into India’s Public Distribution System despite a very inadequate pilot study and disregarding the health concerns of 80 crore beneficiaries. Now a new report by the reporter’s collective has...
Bye bye reform and human rights, welcome private sector. Unfortunately we will be back!
In another week, on June 2, Ajay Banga will take over as the 14th president of the World Bank Group, the all-men’s club, except for Kristalina Georgieva, who had become World Bank’s acting president...
We need a strong plastics treaty that regards people and the planet | Swathi Seshadri at INC2
Swathi Seshadri speaks at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment at INC-2.
Vanishing non-AC coaches: Railways organised loot gets bigger | THE MONEY TRAIL
The Money Trail Railway has been systematically reducing sleeper coaches for some time. Now they have officially announced that except for local slow trains, there will be only AC coaches. In a country where...
As negotiation on Global Plastics Treaty gets underway, India should reconsider contradictory stance
The Indian government has kept its eye on billions in revenue from the polluting petrochemical industry while making half-hearted measures to curb plastic use.
What is the real intention of withdrawing Rs 2000 notes?
The RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das is the only Governor without an economics background; he studied history. He was the Secretary, Economic Affairs on November 8, 2016 when demonetisation was announced by the Prime Minister...
Are Muslims edged out of budgets and govt projects? Economist Khalid Khan explains the whole plot | On Second Thought
The minority ministry lost 38% of its money in the last budget. Meanwhile, the budget allocation multiplied manyfold for tribal communities.
Why society should be concerned about inequality and poverty
Recently, after my talk on the current economic situation in India at a private university, I was asked, why those students should be concerned about inequality and poverty.
CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets
Climate change action demands stricter emissions control of Asia Pacific’s coal burners, say analysts.
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