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Life in Jharia, Jharkhand where a 90-year-old underground coal fire threatens a whole town

Bihar in reverse gear

State plans to bring down its minimum wage rate to that under MGNREGA

Economy created by NREGA threatens a way of life

In defence of capitalism

Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense

Prosperity and Beyond

A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces …

Uttaranchal farmers upset at upcoming tea estates

Bring back the social sector, but not interventionist planning

Spoils of local bodies

Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh are about money and pelf

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

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

Nutrition in backyard gardens: Odisha’s tribal women show the way

The vegetable women grow not only help them eat healthy, but also sell surplus produce and make a living of their own  

MSP on crops has major impact on inflation: RBI

After government said that it will provide 1.5 times the MSP on cost of production of crops in the 2018-19 Union budget, RBI re-assessed the …

Environmentally unsound

Union budget 2002-03: all the right noises, all the wrong measures

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?  

An extremely do-able job

Manual scavengers: Existing in the shade

Several government departments continue to maintain silence on plight of manual scavengers, despite an array of schemes for them 

Rural options for Odisha’s returnee migrants

The state’s track record in engaging people under MGNREGA has been mixed so far. Hence, this huge returnee workforce must be gainfully …

MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar could have been prevented

Initiative to make wage payment to workers transparent was stalled by officialdom