Japan's nuclear crisis, a warning for India

Sea water being used for the first time to cool the nuclear reactor

Bank’s first contest

Developing countries challenge US monopoly by putting up candidates for World Bank’s presidency

Small fish, big net

In the face of a rising demand for fish and a stagnating aquaculture growth, government wakes up to the potential of small fishery

Rise of livestock

Agriculture sector undergoes a historic change as livestock surpasses the economy of food grain

US, China count their poor afresh. India looks away

Bring farmers to farms

THE SECOND INDEPENDENCE

Tiny forgotten villages teach India a firsthand lesson in governance. Down To Earth reporters and photographers fan out to six states to discover …

Eye on the storm

Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s livelihood. What did it …

COVID-19: 99% active cases are with mild symptoms

Spread of COVID-19 fastest in last seven months; the world added first million cases in four months, last million in four days  

नई सरकार के सामने न्यू इंडिया में भारत को बचाने की चुनौती

मोदी सरकार के सामने चुनौती होगी कि वह किसानों को फसल का उचित दाम दिलाए और ग्रामीण क्षेत्र में रोजगार के पर्याप्त इंतजाम करने ...

Political economy of welfare

The BJP-led government's change of heart for big-ticket rural programmes says a lot about its dwindling political fortune

Not a bankable strategy

World Bank's forestry projects have not helped reduce poverty, says its own evaluator

Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …

The swing

More women than men are voting in India. Majority of them are from rural areas

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

Price of food inflation

In near future the impact of high food price will show in terms of more malnourished

Victim of its success

MGNREGA blamed for causing labour shortage; cut in budgetary support likely

DRDA faces axe

District Rural Development Agency in conflict with Constitution; committee suggests its abolition

Acquisition made easy

A toilet per second

Global Burden of Diseases: Non-communicable diseases bigger burden than early deaths

New report’s findings again emphasises the fast emergence of non-communicable diseases as a global health challenge

मजदूरों के लिए युद्ध और संघर्ष से ज्यादा बड़ा खतरा हैं जलवायु से जुड़ी आपदाएं

2000 के बाद से जलवायु सम्बन्धी आपदाओं की दर दोगुनी हो गई है| जिसका व्यापक असर श्रमिकों की उत्पादकता पर पड़ रहा है| ऊपर ...

Parliament monsoon session: some work done, a lot of time wasted

A look at the business transacted and other highlights

Mobilisation immobilised

Panchayats to spend Rs 1.42 lakh crore on water and sanitation

Spend 60% grant on water and sanitation: 15th Finance Commission recommends to rural local bodies