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'If we earn more at Amul, we pay the farmer more'
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Amul is easily one of India’s most recognised and loved brands. Much of the following it enjoys is because of ...
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‘To fund green projects look beyond banks’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
India’s environmental record stares the country in the face, be it the foul air in its cities, the shrivelling up ...
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‘Affordable housing needs better processes’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Affordable housing allows people with low incomes to live decently and stay healthy. The idea has been moving along in ...
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‘Poor families need balanced home cooked food first’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
In 1974, Dr Samir Chaudhuri, a paediatrician working in Kolkata’s slums, founded Child in Need Institute (CINI) to tackle the ...
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‘When you are in govt, you can’t afford to be defiant’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Governance in Delhi over the past three years has come to resemble the traffic on the capital’s roads — slow-moving ...
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Japanese billionaire speaks up for leprosy patients ?
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Every year, on World Leprosy Day, Yohei Sasakawa makes a Global Appeal to end stigma and discrimination against people affected ...
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‘We have raised crop output but not farm income’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
THe rural sector faces multiple challenges ranging from environmental decline to lack of infrastructure and inadequate access to markets. Recent ...
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Pvt hospitals: Why health can't be a business
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Every now and then, tragic stories about the consequences of poor quality healthcare make news and come to public attention. ...
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Metro fares: Let a regulator decide on a hike
Civil Society News, New Delhi
When the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) decided in May to raise fares to meet rising costs, it was faced ...
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India can go electric by 2030, says Chetan Maini
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Chetan Maini is the pioneer of the electric car in India. His Reva was an iconic, cutely designed four-seater packed ...
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‘NGO funding has been falling quite drastically’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
The voluntary sector in India has been under regulatory pressure for one reason or the other. Thousands of organisations have ...
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‘GEAC and Niti Aayog are wrong on GM mustard’
CIvil Society News, New Delhi
Differences are out in the open once again over genetically modified (GM) crops with the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) weighing ...
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‘A lot of work is being done in govt schools’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Interest in government schools has been growing. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has sought to ensure that every child is in ...
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‘India is on the cusp of energy change’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Ajay Mathur took over as Director-General of TERI (The Energy Resources Institute) about a year ago. He came with a ...
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‘We are unusual as a university and attractive'
Civil Society News, New Delhi
The Azim Premji University was founded five years ago to contribute to achieving a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. ...
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‘Disabled people now have jobs in best of companies’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
A new law on the rights of people with disabilities was passed in the winter session of Parliament. It had ...
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‘Gurgaon can be a walkable, cyclable city one day’
Civil Society News, Gurgaon
Gurgaon’s rapid growth has come with wide roads, lots of cars, gated communities and shopping malls. It is the exact ...
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‘Note ban has put digital inclusion on fast forward’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
With the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes the goal of rapidly converting India into a cashless economy ...
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‘Midday meals for children are a national investment’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Madhu Pandit Dasa oversees the world’s biggest midday meal programme. He is chairman of the Akshaya Patra Foundation. The figures ...
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‘Urban heritage should have wide ownership’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
As urbanisation spreads, how can heritage be saved? In the rushed transformation that Indian cities are undergoing can traditional homes, ...
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‘Give cities a share of GST to make them viable’
Civil Society News, Hyderabad
India’s long-term economic prosperity will be closely linked to how its cities perform. Can they emerge from decades of neglect ...
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‘Govt has asked for advice on net neutrality’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Are net neutrality and discriminatory pricing of data on the Internet on their way back into the news? Last year, ...
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‘We have become guinea pigs for biometrics’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
For the past decade state governments have launched a series of Internet-based initiatives to deliver services more efficiently. Technology has ...
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‘Let this be the last photo-op for drought’
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Two headlines on water have competed for mind space. The first was on a train carrying water to Latur, which ...
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