Devolution is bankrupt

Now even the World Bank says money should flow to local bodies directly

Have regional parties delivered?

They have not offered an alternative path to development to reflect local aspirations

End of dividend

Zero hour

RIP Panchayati Raj ministry

The new-found `cooperative federalism' will kill the third tier of government in India

Boss, the real beehive!

Rahul Gandhi’s idea of governance needs fresh focus. How about more autonomy to nearly 240,000 panchayats?

The forgotten class

Middle class-driven anti-corruption campaign does not acknowledge the poor

For the record

Making sense of `Make in India'

Manufacturing needs to get a boost. But what to manufacture and how are two critical questions

Feeble Rights

Rights-based governance has not been accompanied by effective delivery mechanism

Reclaiming retail democracy

Lone warrior

One man's battle to save a village economy

Only plans, no integration

A success story

The 2003 monsoon could herald a great change in the socio-economic landscape of village Birora Kheth in the Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. …

Decoding Indo-US nuke deal

Time to redraw the global poverty line

It must reflect new realities of food inflation, climate change impacts

Will cash transfer check migration?

India needs to be cautious as experience shows it can backfire

SELF (UN) EMPLOYMENT

Job growth statistics conceal agrarian crisis

Whose science should we focus on?

The current debate over ancient India's scientific feats is less about science and more about a cultural `feel good' factor

Land Bill: public mandate used to push private interests

Women strike back

India's first alliance of women affected by mining takes shape

Brazilian lessons for Modi

Dilma Rousseff's re-election as president is a lesson on facing development challenges in an unequal economy

Drought and livestock

The civil spring

Have an aggressive government and an overreaching judiciary curbed dissent?