Lack of budget, high demand slow MGNREGS

Deletions keep millions jobless despite the scheme seeing highest demand in a decade

Dying for ration: These Barmer widows and orphans are being turned away from PDS shops

Settlement has lost most of its men to liquor abuse; Women work as waste pickers

UNITED NATIONS

Turncoat 'thieves'

Former teak smugglers become official forest guards

Janadesh 2007: Satyagraha for self-reliance, dignity

"Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it"

NREGA’s technological sabbatical

Job cards of many to expire in 2011 and renewal would take time

How women seized NREGA

Slums as self-confrontation

The attempt to free cities of slums will only make them invisible  

Remains of the day

Uncelebrated entrepreneurs

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

Letter

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