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

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

Rural ventures

A slew of elementary schemes aim to alleviate poverty

A new deal

Sham, sham

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

Rivers Shankhini and Dankini in Chhattisgarh run dirty

Ghana's gold enriches MNCs, not its own people

Market rules UK's land-use planning

ACCORDING TO REPORT

Heads without tails

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

COVID-19: Bihar profiles returned migrant workers for skills

The industry department has profiled skills of more than 80,000 migrant workers so far

The fundamental shift

Return to the basics: create jobs in the hinterland

Losing shine

Falling profits discourage silk farmers

Identity crisis

Whether bamboo is a grass or a tree is a question of survival for many

Living off leaves

Sal leaf trade has enormous potential but suffers abject neglect

IN SHORT

NREGA needs a paradigm shift

Rural employment guarantee scheme does not work as envisaged

Olive Ridley preservation hits fishermen in Orissa

Shrimp does not pay

As told to Parliament (February 10, 2021): Some 37,439 villages in India without 3G/4G coverage

All that was discussed in the House through the day

As told to Parliament (September 18, 2020): 10,281 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2019

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Drought but why

It is time we understood that since drought is human-made it can be reversed