Last ditch attempt

UPA gives sops under MGNREGS to attract rural voters ahead of elections

2023 in a blink: How did PM Modi’s biggest 4 ‘castes’ — poor, youth, women and farmers — fare this year

PM Modi first made the statement on November 30, 2023 during Opposition calls for nationwide caste census

Food prices are expected to rise more, and cost may be too heavy to bear for many

Climate crisis may undo last century’s achievement in curbing extreme hunger

The poor and the environment: lessons from energy crisis

Least Developed Countries will prove challenging in the post-MDG agenda, says UN report

Only one out of 48 countries is on track to achieve seven developmental goals

Agricultural labourers do not get even two square meals a day, reveals NSSO survey

About one per cent rural households do not get enough food throughout the year

Centre cuts foodgrain supply for Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana

Consumed by hunger

Tall claim, short supply

Chhattisgarh ration shops have no ration

Drought unleashes starvation

Officials admit to 10 deaths in Jharkhand's backward district, actual number might be 20

Realty bill ignores reality

Real estate regulations silent on housing for low income group

A question of political will

Two innovative states prove PDS can be made efficient

More than half of world’s poor out of safety net coverage, says World Bank

Poverty is urbanising at a rapid pace, it says

World risks spending $250 billion on simply monitoring UN development goals: report

The number should be reduced from the current 169 targets

Lean, mean scheme

Budget to start process of reforming Central rural schemes, 45 years after first demand

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

Rural ventures

A slew of elementary schemes aim to alleviate poverty

Time to redress

The needs of the small farmer require attention: small tractors or animal power? Both?

65 million draught animals

What runs the small farming economy?

Foreign influence

Instead of designing a low-priced indigenous tractor, industry copies models used abroad

Tribals continue to be robbed of land in Erode

My father used to say that an adivasi without land is like a living corpse

Food coupons for BPL families

Witnessing a cycle of misery in Bihar's flood-prone villages

A classless enemy

Latin lessons

Experiments in cash transfer in Latin America