Central India has recorded five times its usual May rainfall and south India has recorded more than two-and-a-half times the typical amount. Multiple factors led to these unseasonal rains, experts say ...

A quarter century since the first public smoking bans came into place, smoking still leads to about 1 million deaths every ...

The government’s fertiliser subsidy crowds out private investment in the sector, is a disincentive for production efficiency ...

India produces about 72 billion litres of sewage per day but has the capacity to treat only 37% of it, and actually treats ...

Radha Malani is a Research Analyst in the Fiscal Governance & Architecture Team at the Centre for Social & Economic Progress.

Chirag Patel works on inclusive WASH and water security initiatives in India and advocates about climate resilience, city planning and the power of slow, sustainable travel.

Nidhi Kadere is an independent journalist based in Mumbai. She writes mainly on development, environment, art and culture.

New Delhi: Each evening, as daylight fades behind the rising mounds of the Bhalswa landfill, 26-year-old Paro leaves behind the mohalla’s evening chatter and hurries back to her one-room home in ...