Government is known to use institutions to misinform citizens: Madhav Gadgil

India, Jan. 8 -- Madhav Gadgil, India's veteran ecologist and a foremost figure in environmental causes, breathed his last at 11pm on January 7, 2026. He was 83 years old. Down To Earth (DTE) spoke t... Read More

Union government removes financial and ecological obligations on private plantations in forest areas

India, Jan. 7 -- India's environment ministry has amended forest conservation rules to allow private plantations in forest areas without paying key environmental levies The change removes requirement... Read More

Supreme Court stays its recent verdict on defining Aravalli hills and ranges

India, Dec. 29 -- The Supreme Court has kept in abeyance its earlier order defining the Aravalli hills and ranges. The move follows concerns that the definition was being misconstrued. Large-scale p... Read More

Apex court takes suo motu cognizance in Aravalli uniform definition case

India, Dec. 28 -- Amid mass protests, ecological concerns and fear of large-scale unregulated mining in the wake of the recently accepted definition of the Aravalli hills by the Supreme Court of India... Read More

VB-GRAMG Act will impact transparency and public scrutiny: Researchers

India, Dec. 28 -- The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-GRAMG) Act, 2025, which has replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), ... Read More

Government's claim of 'No new mining leases in Aravalli', not entirely true

India, Dec. 25 -- The Supreme Court's directives to the central government and its claim that 'No new mining leases be granted' for the Aravallis is not entirely true. This particular direction of th... Read More

Government's claim of 'No new mining leases in Aravalli' not entirely true

India, Dec. 25 -- The Supreme Court's directives to the central government and its claim that 'No new mining leases be granted' for the Aravallis is not entirely true. This particular direction of th... Read More

Nearly 50 per cent of Aravallis to become vulnerable to mining if new definition is applied: DTE analysis

India, Dec. 25 -- Nearly 50 per cent of the Aravallis' area would become vulnerable to mining if the new definition accepted by the Supreme Court is applied, a Down To Earth (DTE) analysis has found. ... Read More

Panel tasked with formulating 'uniform' definition of Aravallis knew methodology being used was faulty: Report

India, Dec. 24 -- The committee tasked by the Supreme Court with defining the Aravalli hills, knew the methodology it was using was faulty. However, it was forced to use the same measurement method cu... Read More

Protesters allege police threats after Parliament repeals MGNREGA

India, Dec. 19 -- Parliament cleared a bill repealing MGNREGA and replacing it with a new rural jobs law. The legislation was passed by both houses on the same day amid opposition protests. Activist... Read More

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