MGNREGA: Workers call for scrapping of attendance scheme at Jantar Mantar protest 

The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha alleged that the claims of government about smooth functioning of the scheme were false and misleading  

Workers starving due to closure of tea estates in North Bengal

No transparency - Andhra Pradesh

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 …

Another Maharashtra village demands community forest rights

Tribal village Pachgaon to follow Mendha Lekha; to hold bamboo sale as protest to gain community forest rights

Ahead of Budget, activists demand allocation of Rs 2.72 lakh crore for MGNREGS in 2023-24

Considered inflation, pending worker wages and high demand, say NREGA Sangharsh Mocha and People’s Action for Employment Guarantee

The god of ecological things

Paying farmers for ecological services

Job half done

25 per cent funds allocated to national rural employment scheme remain unspent

Emergence of South

2013 human development report applauds efforts of developing nations. Is India on track?

Central India in grip of worst-ever drought

Rain or no rain

Six sins that make drought invincible

Half-way to autonomy

Decisions by Maharashtra’s top forest official can empower gram sabhas prepare plans to revive their forests, but a policy is awaited

Mr Modi, Wish us a Happy Environment Day

Bamboo rising

Five years after it was implemented, the Forest Rights Act finally takes root. Communities across the country rush to claim rights over forests …

Environment Day: Green agenda for new government

Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister