Devolution meet a damp squib

Precious little achieved as states resist financial empowerment of panchayats

Where are the panchayats?

Of the three farm water conservation programmes currently under way in Karnataka, the Jal Samvardhene Yojana (jsy) has completed a year of …

Age of dissent

Six villages in Madhya Pradesh reject Centre’s proposal to declare their forest a wildlife sanctuary

MGNREGS falls short of funds again despite increased allocation in rural sector

Pending liabilities in the scheme means that workers’ wages are unpaid

Walmart and the other America

Exposing the rhetoric behind campaign for consumer rights

Wetlands in danger

Kerala government plans to dilute strict legislation in the name of plugging loopholes

Burdened with bumper crop

Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide

In short

Single ministry to look after watershed programmes

Toothless at 10

A decade after their inception, Panchayati Raj bodies are yet to be granted adequate powers

Home grown power

More and more villages are opting for affordable, manageable micro-hydel projects

Panchayat minister wants control of urban local bodies

Farmers destroy DuPont’s GM rice

Demand Karnataka be declared a transgenic-free state

Fight for Khandadhar

Once rescued from Korean company POSCO, Odisha's ecologically rich Khandadhar hills have now been handed over to the state's mining body. Tribal …

Strings attached

Centre's purpose of reserving 50 per cent seats for women in panchayat elections defeated by puppet candidates

Women and a nervous regime

Emboldened by SHG movement, reservation in panchayats, women emerge as key constituency

Kerala Knowledge Inc

Kerala shows the way by going for a decentralised method to protect its unique biodiversity

Over the edge

Is Cuddalore's industrial area a Bhopal in the making? Yes, say villagers

Andhra Pradesh government unveils new sand policy

Rural business hubs in India gear up for 846 products

846 products slated for rural business hubs

It's 121.92 m now

Narmada dam gets boost, faces opposition

How women seized NREGA

Court reins in Goa coast violations

Panchayats pulled up for inaction

Left without a vote

Uttar Pradesh government's repeated attempts to bring villages under industrial authorities are against the spirit of the Constitution

Millionaire mukhiyas

Money pumped in development schemes in Bihar is giving rise to a new breed of village heads, flush with money and flexing muscles