Government schemes launched without considering their implications or addressing the basic issues involved point to populist intentions rather than a desire to solve problems. The 18 point Programme
Even as Indian Space Research Organisation gets ready for the launch of INSAT-3C in January 2001, It is apparent that it needs to change radically its strategies and outlook if it were to augment the
Basing its judgement on the specious legal opinion that it has received, the Indian Government appears reluctant to seek the extradition of the fugitives in the case relating to the 1984 gas leak
The curbs imposed by the Supreme Court on the felling of naturally grown trees and other forestry - related activities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, come at a critical juncture for moves to
Although many Nations have achieved food security in overall quantitative terms, the food stocks are very often not accessible to the vulnerable sections of population owing to a variety of factors.
The protection of plant varieties and Farmer's Rights Bill got the President's assent in early November, Hailed as a piece of landmark legislation by scientists, policy makers and legislators, The
The recent decision by the Government of Karnataka to accept the tariff claims made by an independent power producer, against the strongly argued advice of its own power transmission utility, will
The capricious monsoon of 2002 acquires the contours of a human tragedy of vast proportions, possibly the worst in three decades. The 2002 drought marks a moment of reckoning. All through the 1990s,
On the agenda and the imponderables before the World Summit for Sustainable Development scheduled to be held in Johannesburg from August 26. The champions of development and the defenders of the
