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?

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