As the performance of small states differs across various economic parameters, carving out a small state does not assure strong growth performance reveals this analysis of the growth performance of states by India Ratings & Research.

This report produced by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, UNEP and Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracks  the latest developments, signs and signals in the financing of renewable energy and  explores the issues affecting each type of investment, technology and the  region.

This 52-page Election Manifesto 2014 was released by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. Promises to put sustainability and inclusive growth at the centre of all thoughts and actions and take Climate Change mitigation
initiatives with all seriousness and work with the global community and institutions in this regard.

In January of this year an application was filed in the Supreme Court in an ongoing case (Wildlife First and Ors. vs. Union of India and Ors.) that seeks to have the Forest Rights Act declared unconstitutional.

A joint statement issued by a number of movements, conservation NGOs and experts in conservation biology against the application filed in the Supreme Court against the Forest Rights Act.

Campaign for survival and dignity: Open letter to Wildlife Conservation Groups on Supreme Court petition.

The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests,conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 29 March 2014 - 04 April 2014 .

Aam Aadmi Party has announced its manifesto for the 2014 Elections. It lays its foundation of the Manifesto on “Swaraj”, or rule of the people. It talks about how swaraj can bring an end to corruption and ensure accessible justice for the people.

India ranks 102nd , below Bangladesh (99th) and Sri Lanka (85th) on this global index of social development that ranks countries by social and environmental performance. This index was released by US-based non-profit Social Progress Imperative at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship on 3 April 2014.

Arbitrary functioning of ICFRE - Abundance of mismanagement and maladministration - Audit Memo No. 21.

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