The state of welfare
Is the UPA government on social overdrive?
Employment bill passed
Amended version improves upon original, but not enough
Power cut
Maharashtra's decentralisation plan gets derailed even before it can take off
Sham, sham
A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption
In Short
Think institution
The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long-term
Testing time
Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management
Made to fail
Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 …
Out of focus
The government's drought relief programmes are bound to fail in the long run. Even the Planning Commission acknowledges that funds for the …