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Alok Gupta
Alok Gupta
Articles by the Author
2013-6-30
With an eye on the 2014 general election, the UPA government is expanding its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer programme that promises welfare as cash in bank accounts. But without any groundwork it is only creating more trouble for beneficiaries
2013-6-11
Use loopholes in implementation of government housing scheme; police at a loss
2013-6-7
Bhojpuri folk songs expressing feelings of women left behind by migrant workers have evolved over the centuries, reflecting changing patterns of migration
2013-6-3
R K Rana and Dhruv Bhagat were considered close associates of RJD leader Laloo Praad Yadav at one time
2013-6-3
State government initiates verification drive and revival of credible SHGs for implementing Centre's Ajeevika scheme
2013-5-29
Repeated attacks by militants on health volunteers hampers crucial pre-monsoon immunisation work
2013-5-21
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme starts new initiative to fight malnutrition
2013-5-18
If a single panchayat-level activist can expose corruption worth Rs 25 lakh, then each needs protection for effective implementation of development schemes, reasons rural development ministry
2013-5-11
District authorities suspend their registration under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana; raids revealed some nursing homes had engaged unqualified doctors to save costs
2013-5-10
Rural development minister’s letter to Nitish Kumar includes four suggestions for better implementation of social welfare schemes
2013-4-24
Bihar Pollution Control Board's fact-finding team corroborates activists’ allegations of land purchase under false pretext
2013-4-30
Scientists find a way to cultivate lac that is less labourintensive and more profitable
2013-4-15
Orders amendment in state rule that was contrary to RTI Act
2013-4-10
Minister misquotes court ruling; gives views that contradict party stand
2013-4-5
Petition demands CBI probe into purchase of substandard lights at inflated cost
2013-4-3
Victim dies on way to hospital; she had angered influential landlords of her village
2013-3-26
Police accused of not providing protection to victim Ram Kumar Thakur and helping village mukhiya, the prime accused in the murder
2013-3-23
Pakistan is striving for a polio-free status like India which has been removed from the list of countries where the disease is endemic. Recently, a four-member team from Pakistan visited Bihar to get first hand information on dealing with the polio virus. Rotarians S Shahab Balkhi and Mohammad Hanif Khilji, who were a part of the team, spoke to Alok Gupta on what impedes the country’s polio eradication mission
2013-3-12
Authorities now focussing on chickens in domestic houses
2013-2-15
Government has made half-baked efforts to promote solar pumps, a cost-effective irrigation tool
2013-1-28
Farmers and government are at wit’s end in Bihar as neelgais' rampage continues
2013-1-12
Some of them awaiting nod of Ganga Flood Control Committee
2012-12-19
Ransack unit, alleging the Utkal Asbestos Limited made false promises to them
2012-12-15
Report by Centre for Environment and Food Security says nearly Rs 6,000 crore meant to be paid to wage labourers siphoned off
2012-12-14
Franchisee never applied for licence, says food safety department
2012-12-12
Supporters of former Jharkhand chief minister cut off firm's coal supplies to Punjab to force it to hold talks
2012-12-11
Initiative to make wage payment to workers transparent was stalled by officialdom
2012-12-6
MLAs protest non-release of development funds
2012-12-5
Non-profit report says nearly Rs 6,000 crore meant to be paid to wage labourers siphoned off
2012-11-17
Experts say it's just another ill-conceived infrastructure project
2012-11-8
Planning Commission asks state to ensure no discrimination
2012-11-15
Awareness campaign changes attitude towards sexual health and family planning in Bihar
2012-10-31
In an atmosphere of deepening mistrust on the India-Nepal border, Bihar farmers find it difficult to build check dam
2012-10-4
Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production
2012-9-29
World record holder for highest paddy yield awaits certification
2012-9-30
The country’s planners are debating how to provide healthcare to all. In a drastic shift from the 65-year-old public health system, the Planning Commission in the 12th Five Year Plan considers introducing an insurance scheme, which will allow a major role to private players. Will it work?
Vibha Varshney in Delhi, Alok Gupta in Bihar and Aparna Pallavi in Andhra Pradesh examine how the existing health insurance schemes are faring. They find there is a lot to learn from their shortcomings and successes before a new model of healthcare delivery is prescribed
2012-9-4
Assembly adjourned as a MLA tears off his shirt
2011-5-5
The nuclear mess in Japan has raised many questions. There were glaring technological errors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A section of US nuclear experts believe it is time to think about diverse sources of energy before a fatal nuclear catastrophe hits. Michael Murray, an expert on dirty bombs and nuclear physics, talks to Alok Gupta about the change needed in policy, technology, research and compensation to countries like India and China.
2010-9-15
Scientists are flocking to Umri village in Allahabad district to study the reason it has so many twins. But ALOK GUPTA unravels the twin troubles its residents face
2010-7-31
A radio-mechanic-turned-entrepreneur who made it to NCERT textbooks—and penury
2010-3-15
A village in Bihar looks to India for recognition—and to Nepal for water
2010-3-15
Fed up of state’s highway fixation, villagers connect themselves to the world
2010-1-31
Unauthorized medical practitioners find business where Bihar’s health machinery deserts polio victims
2009-9-30
Officials admit to 10 deaths in Jharkhand's backward district, actual number might be 20
