It is not a drought but a cumulative outcome of decades of policy sins

It is not deficit monsoon, rather the lack of policies and mechanisms to drought-proof susceptible areas that turn the situation into a crisis

Budget 2017-18 expectations: ensure food security, minimise rural distress

This year’s budget must focus on preventing farmer suicides, strengthening crop insurance scheme and guaranteeing rural employment

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

More than half of world’s poor out of safety net coverage, says World Bank

Poverty is urbanising at a rapid pace, it says

Bihar cancels 7.25 million unused job cards under MGNREGS

The move is aimed at stopping various malpractices related to seeking jobs under the scheme

Sham, sham

A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption

Market rules UK's land-use planning

ACCORDING TO REPORT

A new deal

Will the budget create a bang?

The 2015-16 Union budget will declare Modi government's development agenda

Blood, sweat and tears

For RTI activists of Bihar the cost of exposing corruption is life

Lean, mean scheme

Budget to start process of reforming Central rural schemes, 45 years after first demand

Rural ventures

A slew of elementary schemes aim to alleviate poverty

Charming no more

The saperas (snake-charmers) of Delhi loive in a unique colony called Mollarbandhgaon. This community, located next to the Badarpur thermal power …

Rivers Shankhini and Dankini in Chhattisgarh run dirty

Ghana's gold enriches MNCs, not its own people

Heads without tails

How MGNREGA is promoting climate-smart villages

The works include constructing percolation tanks, households living in the catchment area for construction of check dams, afforestation, contour&…

मनरेगा से बने चेकडैम से 10 गुणा तक बढ़ी ग्रामीणों की आमदनी

उत्तरप्रदेश के जालौन जिले के गांव हिम्मतपुरा और मीगनी गांव का डाउन टू अर्थ ने दौरा किया

विश्व जल दिवस विशेष-4: मनरेगा ने दिया पानी और बदला जीवन

डाउन टू अर्थ ने मनरेगा से बदले हालात के बारे में जानने के लिए 15 राज्यों के 16 गांवों का दौरा किया। पढ़ें, मध्यप्रदेश ...

As told to Parliament (March 19, 2021): No special plan for children under 15 impacted by pandemic

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Parched no more: MGNREGA enables multi-cropping in Bundelkhand’s Himmatpura

A check dam has allowed a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jalaun district to grow crops in two cycles

Secure from drought: How MGNREGA changed lives in Bandlapalli

The village from where the scheme was launched in India, has remained untouched by drought in a water-scarce region

कोविड-19 ने बिखेर दिया लोगों की आजीविका, सेहत और खाने-पीने की प्रणाली

कोविड-19 महामारी ने दुनिया भर में मानव जीवन को नुकसान पहुंचाया है और सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य, खाद्य प्रणालियों और काम की दुनिया में एक अभूतपूर्व चुनौती ...

प्रवासी श्रमिकों ने चार महीनों में जीवित किए 1,000 तालाब

उत्तर प्रदेश में सबसे अधिक श्रमदिवस सृजित करने वाला जिला सिद्धार्थनगर रहा। जिले में लॉकडाउन के दौरान कुल 1.51 लाख प्रवासी श्रमिक लौटे