Surviving on fish from gutter, rice: West Bengal workers bear brunt of Central freeze on MGNREGA funds
DTE ground report finds pending wages and non-commissioning of work for over a year making it hard for workers to survive
Minimum support price: Centre forms panel to consider legal guarantee
Committee to look into zero-budget farming, cropping pattern
Bihar's striking contractual teachers left to fend for themselves amid lockdown
More than 400,000 teachers suffer from financial crunch, 60 die so far
Economic Survey 2013: spending on social sectors increased, but expenditure on rural development dipped
Expenditure on healthcare was stagnant
Not quite the pulse of the nation
Yellow pea catches more heat than consumers
Centre hikes MSP as kharif sowing begins
MSP hike for 17 crops was approved June 8; this is likely to encourage farmers to diversify and switch to these crops
District formation in Indian states is a tricky decision
Formation of districts leads to infra development, employment generation; But brings in operational costs too
A national emergency: SC slams Centre on COVID-19 mismanagement
The Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of the COVID-19 situation and might take over all related cases from high courts
This Champaran school shows the way for girl education, but has no govt support
Set up in Kasturba Gandhi’s name, the school was neglected until eforts by activists six years ago
Panchayati Raj institutions in Bihar submitted utilisation certificates for only 42% of grants received: CAG
Staff crunch in PRIs in the state impacted the devolution of functions, the audit highlighted
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 4, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Government to pay Rs 11,000 crore for MGNREGA in drought-hit states
While hearing a case on the matter, the Supreme Court slammed the Centre for its ‘non-serious’ attitude and directed it to give …
“Don’t touch my car” syndrome at cost of our health
It is ironical that the city has paced up action on commercial and public transport vehicles in the city – trucks, buses, autos and taxis &…
Maharashtra proposes to reduce eco-sensitive areas to one-third
Environmentalists are wary of the state government’s decision that contradicts earlier expert-committe reports
Voting in the global marketplace
Sustainable public procurement is about governments using their large spending power to send a signal to markets that they are interested in …
Delhi government puts cap of Rs 4,500 on H1N1 test
Private labs were reportedly charging as high as Rs 10,000 for a single test
Governance matters
It is time we focused on strengthening the capacity of regulatory agencies
OOXML reconsidered for e-governance
India sets up an organizational structure for climate negotiations
Land Titling Bill: silent on rights of tribals and the poor
Land Titling Bill silent on settling rights of tribals and the poor
Greater trust in government, people could have reduced COVID-19 caseload, fatality rate: Study
Less corrupt government resulted in more widespread, efficient COVID-19 vaccine coverage in some countries
Financial devolution
With increased funds and Centrally Sponsored Schemes, India’s states now urgently need the institutional mechanism to manage this responsibility
Agrarian crisis one of the biggest challenges for new govt
Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest challenge. Whoever can manage water can claim to be Indian agriculture&…
SC admonishes Centre for poor affidavit on solid waste management
The Supreme Court bench, which was hearing a PIL on Solid Waste Management Rules, came down heavily on the government counsel for not fully …
Commercial surrogacy could soon be illegal in India
Health industry estimates put the size of India's surrogacy business at about Rs 900 crore