Centre for Science and Environment

17.09.2007 The botted water industry is global in nature. But it is designed to sell the same product to two completely different markets: one water rich and the other water scarce. The question is whether this industry will have different outcomes in these two worlds. Or will we, for two opposite reasons, agree that their business costs us the earth and that it is not good for us?

26.06.2007 Street vendors in India have been protesting against corporates entering retailing of fruits and vegetables as they fear this will deprive them of their livelihood. The protests, which turned violent in many cities, are against the government as vendors find it more sympathetic to the corporates than them.

14.06.2007 The Indian government's plans to put into place European emission standards by 2010 may not be achieved as diesel cars are expected to corner almost half of the car market. Diesel exhaust has been implicated for a variety of diseases including cancer and adverse birth effects.