The Planning Commission has proposed direct cash transfer to the poor instead of spending on welfare schemes. But India is yet to identify who the poor are, Richard Mahapatra reports
Done right, rural employment programmes in India can transform landscapes and lives. The much touted EGS scheme has at best created pockets of success. How can the current programme live up to it's grand design?
Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.