MGNREGS: Difficulty in finding work, delayed wages add to women workers’ woes

The employment scheme worked as a lifeline for rural Indian households during the COVID-19 pandemic

How COVID-19 is exposing children to traffickers

School closure due to COVID-19 has not only precluded many from access to education, but also from a source of shelter and nourishment

Water, Africa’s Gold: How poverty exacerbated Nigeria’s acute water crisis

Lack of clear government funding led to avoidable deaths from water-borne diseases like cholera

How India is killing the country’s largest economy of the poor

New restriction on cattle slaughter will severely cripple the livestock economy which is bigger than crop economy; poor farmers shifted to …

UNDP kicks off its innovation summit

The two-day conference will see how innovations can address development challenges in Asia and the Pacific

‘Need balanced criteria to judge backwardness’

Following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s campaign for special status for Bihar, a panel of six experts chosen by the Union Finance Ministry …

The idea of a clean city

could well become a myth by 2007. More than half of the world' s population by then would be urban dwelling. The urban ecological footprint would …

Kind to Cash

A short stop motion that shows all the schemes that a human being (woman) can avil of in her lifetime.    

Letter

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

COVID-19 relief didn’t reach Jan Dhan a/cs of many women: Survey

At least 12,500 women Jan Dhan account holders across 13 states were surveyed; 16% reported their Jan Dhan accounts were either not operational, …

Ukraine-Russia war has pushed 4 million children into poverty

UNICEF report finds child poverty across Europe, Central Asia has soared by 19%

Gujarat v UPA: models of non-governance?

Bihar in reverse gear

State plans to bring down its minimum wage rate to that under MGNREGA

Women interrupted

Surgical removal of uterus causes unnatural menopause, leads to memory decline

A deal for votes

2013-14 might see expansion or monetisation of development schemes in run-up to election

The beauty & beast of malnutrition

Uttaranchal farmers upset at upcoming tea estates

No free lunches in India

Delhi's poor vulnerable to health risks due to air pollution

Bring back the social sector, but not interventionist planning

Chandauli, Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh

Poor count

Defining poverty is crucial to make the food security bill effective

Budget 2017 Analysis with Sunita Narain

Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth analysed the 2017 Budget by Arun Jaitley. The major takeaway is that there is very little …

Union Budget 2022-23: Whither Amrit Kaal

Nirmala Sitharaman did not talk about the developmental targets promised for this year under the Strategy for New India@75, but set the country …