BPL's dividing line

Government undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line

How tribal leadership in Chhattisgarh is helping people access rights

The civil society’s intervention in the tribal regions began in early 1980s on two issues-sustainable livelihood, particularly in forest …

Jharkhand gets first non-tribal chief minister

Tribal people protest swearing in of non-tribal chief minister; Raghubar Das announces sops for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

Former militant Bijoy Hrankhal on Tripura's tribal needs

Bijoy Kumar Hrankhal was the founder member and vice-president of the Tripura National Volunteer, the first militant group in Tripura. He laid …

The next challenge

Bureaucrats pose a threat to the process

The impact

Kerala's income growth rate has increased, among several other positive signs

A long haul

Decentralisation in Kerala is the work of a persistent civil society

The last common property

OSCAR OLIVERA is today an icon for all people's movements to regain control of their resources. He tells RICHARD MAHAPATRA why water is not for sale

Rise of third sector

NGOs’ relationship with the government has been redefined over the years with changing social and political scenario

The West is holier than thou on China

Pay and take

A High Powered Committee on efficient allocation of natural resources and telecom spectrum puts market above people

'Only closure of ivory markets can save African elephants'

Study by Wildlife Conservation Society underlines how illegal ivory trade, which has doubled since 2007, is causing rapid decline in elephant …

How to cure corruption in healthcare

Rx: Only an effective governing body, which includes medical and non-medical members, can stop the culture of kickbacks

Cauvery gouged

Ten years after the Tamil Nadu government took over sand mining from private players, illegalities continue, harming agriculture and draining the …

A Nationalised Nightmare

One of the main reasons given for nationalising the coalmines of India was to protect workers from accidents. What followed was large-scale …

Maharashtra government dismisses 166 ‘corrupt’ agricultural market committees

Agricultural markets have turned into centres of political power, say farmers’ organisations

Freeing coal

As domestic coal production dips, plan panel proposes to allow captive coal power companies to trade coal

`Many doctors are simply businessmen'

Samiran Nundy, chairperson of the department of surgical gastroenterology and organ transplantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and editor-in-chief …

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam

The public relations republic

Cleaning the cotton stain

ICAR sets up independent investigation into Bt Bikaneri Narma research scam

ANNA TO BINAYAK AND TATA

No cap on iron mining in Odisha

Centre rejects Shah Commission recommendation, says it would upset industry

Rural people can now get anganwadis on demand

A public eyewash

The inspection and maintenance programme is nothing more than testing tailpipes of vehicles in India. The government should stop wasting …