COVID-19 lockdown meant no MGNREGA work for 39% job card holders
Over 2,000 households surveyed across four states; Massive expansion of work scheme needed to meet demand, finds study
Accountability is oxygen to civic life : How India could have managed COVID-19 better
Lessons from Right to Information and other welfare laws could have led to more transparent and smooth relief plans
Will MGNREGA help again? Rs 1,387 crore pending in wages
Migrant workers are returning to their home states again as COVID-19 pandemic lashes out brutally at several urban centres
Spare me my noodles
As the India-China standoff becomes more tense and anti-Chinese sentiment builds up in India, will ‘Chinese food’ be banned
COVID-19: Centre’s relief package an eyewash for NREGA workers
The Rs 1.7 lakh crore package by the Centre has nothing for the 13 million NREGA workers
Water-stressed in India: In Thanjavur, an outlier in need of conservation measures
The district ranked third in terms of water-conservation works under Jal Shakti Abhiyan
Jharkhand’s success story of fruit plantation under MGNREGA
The state’s experience in horticulture orchards can serve as a model for the country
It is not a drought
As they say, drought is a disaster one can see coming. Deficit monsoon creates situations for a drought. But it is not deficit monsoon, rather …
Budget 2017 Analysis with Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth analysed the 2017 Budget by Arun Jaitley. The major takeaway is that there is very little …
Great farm pond chase
According to Union Budget 2017-18, Centre expects to see one million farm ponds being built by March 2017. If the government continues to chase …
On shaky ground
450,000 people in and around Jharia town of Jharkhand are threatened by the fire raging underground, but there is no political will to implement …
UPA's development report card
A look at the progress of the Congress-led alliance's flagship programmes
RTI activists’ murders: Jairam Ramesh demands prompt action, compensation to families
Rural development minister’s letter to Nitish Kumar includes four suggestions for better implementation of social welfare schemes
Environmentally unsound
Union budget 2002-03: all the right noises, all the wrong measures
An extremely do-able job
Centre cuts foodgrain supply for Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
Workers in unorganised sector lack social security
Mining accounts for more labour deaths
NREGS expansion
The pursuit of green-collar jobs
Reading between poverty lines
Is the latest poverty estimate a true indicator of rural poor in India?
Lost and found
Karnataka villages are reviving underground springs that were once their lifeline in summers
Just transition: Digital literacy can help youth dependant on coal sector move into other fields, finds IIT study
Digital media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube can also be used to educate the youth on just transition
Why Union Budget 2022-23 falls short in addressing gaps to build disaster resilience
The budgetary allocations under relief on account of natural calamities and MGNREGA have been decreased; this will affect the country in building …
Security ring: How MGNREGA rejuvenated tanks of a Tikamgarh village
A network of 55 tanks that get filled up one after the other when it rains, has cured this village of droughts