SWaCH, a cooperative of waste pickers, offers a lesson for cities like Delhi on how to include waste pickers into the formal system by offering door-to-door...
The Delhi government in its budget 2023-24 proposed to clear up dumpsites and improve primary healthcare, among other things
Delhi relies on a largely informal sector of over 1.5 lakh waste workers to collect, segregate and recycle 20-25% of its waste. As the capital tries...
Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla – the three dumpsites in Delhi have collectively caused nearly Rs. 450 crore in damage to the environment. Can the national capital...
For Financial Year 2023-24, the centre has allocated Rs. 1,97,350 crore for food subsidy, a 31.28 per cent decrease compared to the previous year’s Revised Estimates...
Budget 2023: To make India a global hub for ‘Shree Anna’ (millets), the Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad will be supported as the Centre of...
The Union Budget 2023-24 gives special attention to green growth involving energy transition, achieving net zero target of 2070, mangrove plantation and conserving wetlands
For the 28 months that PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana was implemented, a total outlay of approximately Rs. 3.91 lakh crore was sanctioned for 1,118 lakh...
The National Clean Air Programme set a national level target of 40 per cent reduction in particulate matter concentration by 2025-26 from 2017
Sources of air pollution within Delhi city limits include vehicular emission, followed by road dust, open waste burning and small-scale industries
Air Pollution Crisis: As 2022 draws to a close, we look at the critical issue of air pollution - the risk it poses to our health...
The mock drill is being conducted with the objective of ensuring the operational readiness of health facilities for the management of COVID-19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to assess the COVID-19 situation in the country, preparedness of health infrastructure and status of the vaccination campaign
COVID-19 in India: As of now, the situation is not alarming and therefore there is no need to panic, noted the Indian Medical Association (IMA)