At which road head?

Not the path of economic growth, but the trail leading back to the village is the answer

NREGA needs a paradigm shift

Movement for worse

The marginalised from Western Odisha who migrate out of the state lead difficult lives

A debt-ridden state can offer little to its indebted farmers

Mourn

But it is better to take Andhra Pradesh as a challenge

Village Punukula's different

Managing yields without pesticides

Out on their own

Government delivery programmes provide little support to farmers

Banks expand arms, but not through branches

Smart cards, biometric ATMs, mobile phones the new tools

The key: empowerment

Arouse people's interest in governance

TOURISM & HANDICRAFTS: Backs to the wall

Militancy's most distressing casualties

WATER: Fading glories

Kashmir's dying lakes are choking their dependants

FORESTS: Losing its soul

Experiments in budgeting water

State is trying to get farmers to budget water

At the crossroads

As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local-based prosperity

The verdict

Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast

The accused

Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats

Holistic approach

Civil society and all government agencies are responsible for sustainable development

No transparency - Andhra Pradesh

She walks in oblivion

Society itself doesn't care to know about headloading

CHHATTISGARH: Off track

Parties missing the point

MADHYA PRADESH: Power play

Devolution, electricity crucial

DELHI: Focus shifts

To environment, development

RAJASTHAN: Caste shadow

Over basic issues

Farming made unprofitable

No Go

The South managed to make its presence felt, but this was due to the US-Europe rift