-Hindustan Times The Supreme Court brought curtains on a decade-old litigation started by the families affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project on Narmada River as it directed payment of final compensation to the oustees, also paving way for the dam to operate at its full capacity. A bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar ordered payment of Rs 60 lakh each to 681 families in Madhya Pradesh who did not receive compensation...

-Press Release from National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) Government Running away from Responsibility: Pushing Farmers on edges Overlooked the need of majority of population, catering to few Political ‘Jumlas’ continues, ditching farmers once again under the garb of corporate regime; reduced responsibilities of public sector In recent times, announcement of the Union budget seems to be becoming a futile exercise, even with all the publicity and hype associated with it. We...

-The Hindu For growth to go forward, it must be environmentally and socially concordant. The launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and agreements in Paris finally signalled the realisation that we can no longer achieve our economic ambitions by endangering the environment and society. But even as countries agreed on the need to nurture sustainability, it has come under fire from the mistaken notion that doing so will slow the pace...

-The Hindu Ramaswamy R. Iyer, a water policy expert who wrote extensively for The Hindu, saw rivers as inextricable parts of the lives of communities. Ramaswamy R. Iyer passed away on September 9 in Delhi after a severe bout of viral fever. The water policy expert, who last held the position of an honorary research professor at the Centre for Policy Research, earlier served as Secretary of Water Resources in the Central...

-The Hindu Business Line Farm output at stake as rainfall deficit widens Ahmedabad: A continued dry spell in the current monsoon season has driven Gujarat to the brink of drought. The latest weather department data revealed that till September 9, Gujarat had a deficit of 21 per cent from the normal seasonal rainfall. Even as the kharif sowing is complete on 97 per cent of the area, the water storage conditions are not...