Tree-fellers turn forest guardians in Bangladesh

Indian Forest Service officials complain of anomalies in revised pay scales

Are compulsory rural postings for medical students needed to revamp health centres?

Tree is not timber

Premature scheme

Gujarat's plan to increase institutional deliveries among expecting mothers has fallen flat

Bone of contention

Neither Project Tiger nor the eco-development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore

Private sector wants to adopt public health bodies

Wildlife sanctuary lost 230 ha to fire in the past four months

Nagaur breaks free of pharma stranglehold

Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu make quality drugs affordable

Health care should be cheaper and more accessible

N H ANTIA Director of the Foundation for Research in Community Health, Pune, Maharashtra is striving to promote the concept of better health care …

Whither freedom?

Post independence, governments expanded squeezing village republics out of existence

THE FOUNTAINHEAD DONGRIPARA, DHAMTARI DISTRICT, CHATTISGARH

Spark came from non-recognition as a village • Integrated management of forest and water • Sees self-governance as a matter of …

THE SECOND INDEPENDENCE

Tiny forgotten villages teach India a firsthand lesson in governance. Down To Earth reporters and photographers fan out to six states to discover …

A memo to the government

To be a truly participatory republic, India must take tutorials from these tiny republics

In Birsa's Land: Horomocho (Hazaribagh, Jharkhand)

A coal mine to own and manage • Sustainability not profit as a principle • Revival of an ancient Santhal system of governance

Unshakable: Nimalapedu (Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh)

Reminded India of its constitutional mandate for village autonomy • Fought bauxite companies for not getting gram sabha consent • Has …

A Republican Paradise: Mendha (Gadchirolli, Maharashtra)

Defied the Forest Act ÔÇó Every resident contributes part of annual income for community works ÔÇó If somebody bribes a …

Afforestation wages in cash

Chhattisgarh violates Supreme Court order

H1N1 caught India sleeping

What led to forest officer’s killing

In Andhra Pradesh, revenue department gives land to poor, forest department wants it back

Pills for polls

The free medicine scheme in Rajasthan may benefit Congress

Making slow headway

Hurdles in the way of a buffer zone in Arunachal tiger reserve

Bull to bull's eye

Jan Aushadhi Stores fail to take off

Very few visit governmentÔÇÖs generics retail outlets

Story from a divided land

The memoir celebrates Chhattisgarh but laments the lost opportunity for its inclusive and violence-free development