Devolution is bankrupt

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

Only participatory technology is appropriate

Needed: institutions that deliver

Centre allots funds

Recall rights

Gram sabhas and bureaucrats slug it out in Maharashtra

Net effect

Solutions at intersection of traditional knowledge & technology can help rural farmers

With the onset of climate change, monsoon has grown irregular and arrives later with every passing year, worsening the declining water table and …

Education, infrastructure saving grace for top districts: NITI Aayog report

Top performing districts still lag behind in development parameters like health and nutrition

Bihar plans policy change to push urbanisation

The state government has prepared a draft seeking changes to ‘old criteria’ for notifying semi-urban or rural area as urban 

India’s criminal wastage: over 10 million works under MGNREGA incomplete or abandoned  

Since April 2014, the rate of work completion has been declining at rapid pace, indicating that crucial assets for villages are not getting created

Jharkhand’s MGNREGA sahayta kendras show the way

MGNREGA budget has declined in real terms over the years, despite claims of “highest ever” allocations

Cabinet expansion: does it herald improvement in governance

Experts feel that the change in the cabinet has nothing to do with improving governance, but is a way of appeasing local sentiments

Presidential panchayat

India's third-tier of government has a few lessons for those seeking presidential form of government

Improving village life will keep villager home

Voluntary agencies will have to come up with ways to make the village peaceful and productive. Only a satisfying life in the village will prevent …

Developmental dilemmas

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The ground for grassroots technology

A Delhi-based agency has improved the standard of living of a Himachal Pradesh village by providing it simple devices at subsidised rates

Fielding politics

Commitment of a donor organisation to bring about a shift in the agrarian set-up should be matched by political machinations as well

How enabling is ICT?

In February, 100-odd people got together at the quaint little town of Baramati. All had a common goal: to exchange ideas on the use of …

DRDA faces axe

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

Shifty?

The World Bank's new strategy for India?

Timely, but incoherent

A travesty of justice

The new rehabilitation policy for project displaced persons is official jargon mongering

Govt's share of spending on nutrition, public health reduces in the last four years

Even the outstanding liabilities of states have been growing at double digits

Development dilemmas

Tamil catamarans go plastic

A new kind of fishing raft is replacing the traditional ones along the Madras coast