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The development laboratory
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2004
Last year, Congress chief minister Digvijay Singh lost the Madhya Pradesh (MP) state elections. Two years before, the Communist-led coalition lost in Kerala. Since both governments had fervently promoted decentralisation, questions naturally come to the fore: Was their defeat a vote against the move towards local governance and devolution of power? Further, if decentralisation does not bring electoral benefits, will politicians invest in this idea in the future? What went wrong in MP?
Letters
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2011
MANAS SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY
Breach of trust
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2010
A documentary by Danish journalist Tom Heinemann has cast aspersions on Bangladesh’s much feted Grameen Bank.
Reaching for the sun
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2010
Two bone-rattling kilometres on a brick-cobbled road, beyond the market and the grid, past the flooded paddy fields lit intermittently by fireflies in the twilight is where the three Chowdhury brothers live, their homes awash in the white radiance of CFL bulbs. This is solar country, on the island of Mehindiganj in south Bangladesh.
Rs 3,300 crore to counter Naxalites
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2010
THE Centre has approved Rs 3,300 crore grants for infrastructural development in 60 Naxalite-affected districts of the country. The scheme Integrated Action Plan for Selected Tribal and Backward Districts was passed on November 26.
Letters
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2010
WHAT WILL DEER EAT?
science & Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2010
Atmospheric sciences
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Rise And Rise Of MFIs
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2010
The total demand for micro-credit in the country has been estimated at Rs 50,000 crore. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) estimates that in 256 of India’s 626 districts the credit gap is at least 95 per cent or more. Most mfis are concentrated in these districts, including two of the country’s largest—Spandana Spoorthy Innovative Financial Services Limited and Swayam Krishi Sangam (SKS) Microfinance.
