Karnataka legislature amends state Panchayati Raj Act
People's victory over IFFCO thermal plant
Development is not a road
Rajasthan mine workers form cooperatives
Forest rights rules inconsonant with act
The next challenge
Bureaucrats pose a threat to the process
A long haul
Decentralisation in Kerala is the work of a persistent civil society
Monkeys destroy crops in Himachal, farmers fume at government apathy
Left loses in Singur, Nandigram
Sweet beris of Thar
Residents dig shallow wells to tap sweet water reserves
Himachal's tree sanction policy is flawed
New insurance lets farmers down
Unions demand individual coverage
A debt-ridden state can offer little to its indebted farmers
Mourn
But it is better to take Andhra Pradesh as a challenge
Village Punukula's different
Managing yields without pesticides
Out on their own
Government delivery programmes provide little support to farmers
Interview: Popatrao Pawar, sarpanch, Hivre Bazar
Employment guarantee scheme not in sync with Mastapur's needs
Shallow scheme
Drinking water project peppered with flaws