Grains of doubt
Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme
How natural resources doomed UPA
Management of natural resources will be the toughest job for the new government
India among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO
Half of people employed in forestry in the world are in India
Walk the village talk
After raising the political profile of village councils, government wants to downsize them
Paying farmers for ecological services
Forest war
Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource alienation, …
Veggies delight
The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …
‘Forest department is the encroacher’
When V Kishore Chandra Deo became the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs three months ago, both the ministries were in inertia.…
Losers again
Injustice gets nastier
Green rider for GDP
World is moving towards natural capital as a measure of economic growth
How government is subverting Forest Rights Act
Does this official data betray a conspiracy? Only 1.6 per cent of the 2.9 million claims approved under the Forest Rights Act recognise community …
Inheritance of loss
Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor
GDP ignores cost to the environment
Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed?
Poverty level will increase if health expenditure included
Planning Commission factors in less than one rupee a day as health expenditure in its affidavit to the apex court
In deep water
Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …
Why Hirakud dam failed to check flood
The river has strayed from its flood control route
A million opportunities lost
The ruling alliance’s flagship rural employment programme took unprecedented strides in creating water conservation structures across the …
The panchayat outrage
It was a vote for self-governance, not self-determination. No panchayat election in the country ever created as much hype as that of Jammu and …
Environment Day: Green agenda for new government
Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister
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