Maharashtra to divert employment guarantee fund

Public Deprived System

The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system

Are our budgets participatory?

Legislative scrutiny of budget in India compares with that of Afghanistan and Rwanda

Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa

The goal of family planning programmes is not to hit population targets but to empower women so they can choose the number of children they will …

India is moving at jet speed, people should be able to move too

1 in 4 men and every second woman in India are physically inactive; can Indian construct cities which are creators of health, environment and equity?

Lawsuit over bike lane in New York

Most say it calms traffic, some claim threatens pedestrians’ safety

AFRICA

Clean air at any cost

A tale of two villages beguiled by JRY

The panchayats of Sonrai in Uttar Pradesh and Palana in Rajasthan share a Jawahar Rozgar Yojana experience. Both ignored the water needs of the …

Greening a state

Himachal Pradesh chief minister has broken all bureaucratic shackles and initiated eco-friendly programmes in the state

Poverty line delinked from food and other entitlements given to the poor

Government to wait for results of socio-economic caste census to decide parameters on who should be covered under social welfare programmes

Correcting distortions

Perhaps yes, minister

Abandon paddy, build IT hubs: Montek

Planning Commission deputy chairperson gets flak for his advice to Kerala at investors' meet

New poverty estimate soon

But will it reflect true level of poverty in the country?

JNNURM fares well

Only plans, no integration

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राज्य के समृद्ध जैव विविधता वाले क्षेत्र में ऑर्किड की कुल 236 प्रजातियां चिन्हित की गई हैं। अलग-अलग अध्ययन में यह भी पाया गया ...

शहरों से वायु प्रदूषण खत्म करने के लिए करने चाहिए ये काम: अध्ययन

एक अध्ययन में कहा गया है कि घर डेवलपर्स, टाउन प्लानर्स और राजनेताओं को समझाया जाए तो वायु प्रदूषण को काबू किया जा सकता ...

36 per cent cities to face water crisis by 2050

An estimated 400 million people currently live in cities with perennial water shortage. The number is slated to go up to 1 billion by 2050 due to …

What's your view of the road?

If we are not able to walk, we cannot really build a vibrant public transport network

‘Dual contraception is a must to avert HIV infection’

Hormonal contraceptives, promoted in developed nations, put health at risk, says a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Sonal …

DD social service ads preach, but rarely convert

How does public interest advertising work on Doordarshan? Even more to the point, does it work at all?

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