Recall value

Ground report: How is Chhattisgarh’s ‘dung deal’ working

plan to purchase cow dung to boost rural economy, ensure clean villages and solve stray cattle problem saw initial success, but things …

The rulers nouveaux

Madhya Pradesh took a head-start in implementing the 3-tier panchayati raj. But lack of finances might just undo the transfer of power to the people

Gram sabha empowered

Anna Hazare's relentless crusade leads to ordinance granting more powers to the gram sabha in Maharashtra

The 'Right to recall'

Palavika Patel, the former president of Anuppur municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India and Gray Davis, former governor of California, usa are two …

Engulfed by the ravines

Once a throbbing rural business centre, Birahrua, in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, is now haunted by devilish gullies

An attack on grassroots democracy?

Why the Jharkhand government is promoting illegal, parallel governance

Farmer who nearly became Jat-Mahatma

Tikait’s appeal had to do with earthiness and instinct

Decentralising water resources

Panchayats are given more power in Uttar Pradesh's new water policy

Green panchayats

Devolution is bankrupt

Now even the World Bank says money should flow to local bodies directly

Wasteful plan

Communities in Rajasthan reject draft wasteland policy

Perumatty upbeat

Kerala local body elections; activists rejoice

Recall rights

Gram sabhas and bureaucrats slug it out in Maharashtra

No toilet, no ticket

Goa disbands panchayats

Andhra Pradesh passes microfinance Act

Rs 3,300 crore to counter Naxalites

District administration will decide how to use funds

Vote in panchayat polls or else...

Gujarat brings back draconian bill

Jharkhand ready for panchayat polls

Apex court rules only tribals can head panchayats in tribal areas  

Presidential panchayat

India's third-tier of government has a few lessons for those seeking presidential form of government

A thought for food

Experience shows that agriculture benefits far more from overall macro-economic reforms

The fizz has gone

Deja vu

Coal based thermal power plants come back to haunt villages in Udupi district, Karnataka

Value of woods

A meet on evaluating the value of forests