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As told to Parliament (March 18, 2026): Surya Ghar Yojana benefitting 32,02,697 households, says Centre

India, March 18 -- The government has installed 25,87,685 RTS systems across India, including both rural and urban areas, under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) scheme since its launch ... Read More


India's first report on Nagoya Protocol highlights progress in ensuring access & benefit sharing

India, March 18 -- India's first national report on the Nagoya Protocol highlights progress in regulating access to genetic resources and ensuring fair benefit sharing. Despite establishing over 276,... Read More


Globally one in every six people felt climate change-driven heat impacts in last three months, Srinagar most affected in India

India, March 18 -- The unusually warm early summer in several parts of India is not an exception as major parts of the world has been suffering from Celsius surge since last December, a global study h... Read More


Catch by the roots

India, March 17 -- In the red lateritic uplands of western West Bengal, where sal forests sway over undulating terrain and agriculture survives on uncertain monsoons, an unassuming grass quietly susta... Read More


Spark in the game

India, March 17 -- A recent decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could provide a much-needed spark for electric two- and three-wheeler financing in the country. On February 16, RBI restored the... Read More


Renewable Pioneers: How South India is powering energy transition

India, March 17 -- The year 2025 was a landmark of sorts for India. It saw the country record the largest drop in greenhouse gas emissions among the major economies of the world. Part of the credit go... Read More


Himalayan fire shift: Tale of flames and ice unfolding across the range

India, March 17 -- This article was originally published in the March 16-31, 2026 print edition of Down To Earth. Subscribe now for exclusive visual analysis of Himalayan forest fires A story of fire... Read More


Renewable Pioneers: How Karnataka's rapid transition was achieved

India, March 17 -- Multiple giant screens dot the walls of the control room at Karnataka's State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC) in Bengaluru, glowing with live data streams-demand curves, frequency chart... Read More


Renewable Pioneers: How Tamil Nadu took an offshore leap

India, March 17 -- The air in Muppandal, a village in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district, vibrates with the hum of turbines. Situated in the Western Ghats on the southern tip of India, Muppandal is hom... Read More


Poisoned promise: India among four major contributors to global pesticide toxicity

India, March 17 -- Pesticide use is rising not just in volume but also intensity, posing major threats to ecologically important species as well as to human health. And this pesticide toxicity is driv... Read More