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

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

Story from a divided land

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

Short on paramedics

Hospitals employ untrained staff due to acute shortage of qualified paramedics in the country

Redemption from litter

Uttarakhand non-profits have taken responsibility for clearing tourists’ plastic waste

‘Forests can’t survive without communities’

Nepal’s Forest Act of 1993, which allows communities to manage their forests, is admired and emulated by governments and movements across …

Promised Moon, Paid Pittance - Madhya Pradesh

Harmful combo drugs flood market

Irrational drug combos flood market; regulator does little to remove them

Leprosy returns

Public health experts blame it on government complacency  

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

How to cure corruption in healthcare

Rx: Only an effective governing body, which includes medical and non-medical members, can stop the culture of kickbacks

Health Act faces hurdles

Centre drafts guidelines to regulate clinical establishments; Indian Medical Association resists

Lost in interpretation - Maharashtra

Bamboo sale for bamboo rights

A Maharashtra village demands rights to transport and sell forest produce

Choking research

Mismanagement in India's premier forestry research institute

Burden of birth

Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased

`Many doctors are simply businessmen'

Samiran Nundy, chairperson of the department of surgical gastroenterology and organ transplantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and editor-in-chief …

Sour and sweet - Gujarat

Degree without honours

Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health

Impatient to sterilise

In a hurry to bring down fertility rate, health officials are blatantly flouting government’s guidelines