In defence of capitalism

Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense

A fluid right

Campaign to make water and sanitation a right gathers momentum

A deal for votes

2013-14 might see expansion or monetisation of development schemes in run-up to election

Consigned to flames

Central and state authorities fiddle while underground coalfields burn in Jharia in the state of Jharkhand

Will the budget create a bang?

The 2015-16 Union budget will declare Modi government's development agenda

Civil society & politics

Orphaned by apathy

Hidden from the outside world, this is the plight of the Van Taungiyas. They were hired during the British rule as resident labourers to plant …

Will welfare schemes win votes for UPA?

An analysis of Brazil’s last three elections suggests that peopleÔÇêdo vote for parties for such initiatives, but only when …

True measure of growth

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 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

Mobilisation immobilised

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 …

Economy of slippage

How rural kitchen pays

Local procurement for anganwadis can revive rural economy in a big way

How natural resources doomed UPA

Management of natural resources will be the toughest job for the new government