Bihar in reverse gear
State plans to bring down its minimum wage rate to that under MGNREGA
Is the rural economy driving India’s recovery?
Government spending has led to demand growth in rural areas; but what if it comes down?
In defence of capitalism
Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense
Gujarat v UPA: models of non-governance?
Spoils of local bodies
Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh are about money and pelf
Great farm pond chase
According to Union Budget 2017-18, Centre expects to see one million farm ponds being built by March 2017. If the government continues to chase …
COVID-19 lockdown meant no MGNREGA work for 39% job card holders
Over 2,000 households surveyed across four states; Massive expansion of work scheme needed to meet demand, finds study
Accountability is oxygen to civic life : How India could have managed COVID-19 better
Lessons from Right to Information and other welfare laws could have led to more transparent and smooth relief plans
Will MGNREGA help again? Rs 1,387 crore pending in wages
Migrant workers are returning to their home states again as COVID-19 pandemic lashes out brutally at several urban centres
COVID-19: Centre’s relief package an eyewash for NREGA workers
The Rs 1.7 lakh crore package by the Centre has nothing for the 13 million NREGA workers
Water-stressed in India: In Thanjavur, an outlier in need of conservation measures
The district ranked third in terms of water-conservation works under Jal Shakti Abhiyan
How to fight water scarcity this monsoon
Though the monsoon is behaving erratically, drought-prone districts are still water rich
It is not a drought
As they say, drought is a disaster one can see coming. Deficit monsoon creates situations for a drought. But it is not deficit monsoon, rather …
Budget 2017 Analysis with Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth analysed the 2017 Budget by Arun Jaitley. The major takeaway is that there is very little …
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
NREGS expansion
Reading between poverty lines
Is the latest poverty estimate a true indicator of rural poor in India?
Lost and found
Karnataka villages are reviving underground springs that were once their lifeline in summers
Centre has withheld Rs 7,500 crore in MGNREGA funds to West Bengal for a year, claims report
MGNREGA workers in Bengal not paid wages of Rs 2744 crore for a year, report by Libtech India found
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 …
MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar could have been prevented
Initiative to make wage payment to workers transparent was stalled by officialdom
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