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

Poll posturing

Down To Earth gauges the ground reality before assembly elections

Anaemia rampant in women in Bageshwar

Question on employment guarantee scheme's success

Impotent plan?

In August 2005, the Indian Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega). The latest avatar of state-financed employment …

Can rural Uttarakhand retain its COVID-19 returnees

Deserted villages are springing back to life as residents return due to lockdown. The state government has announced several schemes to retain …

UPA woos women and tribal voters

Finance minister lists Forest Rights Act as one of its key achievements while MGNREGA doesn't find mention.

POSCO: Villagers demand 5% of share in company's profits

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

Of forests and wealth

Time for the future to win

India's poorest people live in the richest areas Comments from the dialogue on mining organised by CSE

Arunachal's 'economic development' does not bode well for women

Bank at your doorstep

Technology is helping public sector banks find customers in rural India. This is part of the Centre’s efforts to include villages in the …

Dying for ration: Biometric glitches in Rajasthan villages keep the poor hungry

Valid ration card holders turned away from PDS shops as fingerprints don't match in records

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan: A travesty on migrant workers

Its primary aim is to woo voters in Bihar where elections will take place later this year