Victim of its success

MGNREGA blamed for causing labour shortage; cut in budgetary support likely

Born at 44

Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart

Civil society seconds rural development ministry’s demand for MGNREGA funds

The rural development ministry had recently demanded an additional allocation of Rs 5,000 crore to maintain the momentum of MGNREGA

Rice intensification for increasing productivity

System of Rice Intensification is new mantra for reducing water usage and increasing productivity

Mobilisation immobilised

Centre launches MGNREGA 2.0

30 new types of work added to the rural job guarantee scheme list to restore demand for work under UPA's flagship welfare programme

Is new land bill up to mark?

Draft land bill proposes higher compensation for land acquisitions, but complaints persist  

Pitfalls of a uniform food regime

In face of drought and rising food prices, attention shifts to local diet and food diversity

Interview: Popatrao Pawar, sarpanch, Hivre Bazar

Digging shallow

Sunita's Bytes on Budget

All about the new land acquisition Bill

Proposed law will replace the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 and unlike the British-era Act it provides for rehabilitation and resettlement as well

Big idea

Monsoon vegetable jackfruit has caught the fancy of entrepreneurs in India, one of its biggest producers

Banks expand arms, but not through branches

Smart cards, biometric ATMs, mobile phones the new tools

When villages plug in

A Consumer movement is catching on in Nepal.Communities are extending the grid to villages.This threatens to undo the effort put in small-scale …

Bihar slashes spending on education and social welfare

Coal-based power receives a major boost in the state budget presented on March 12

NDA introduces changes in MGNREGA

Rural development ministry to make social audit compulsory; create more durable assets in blocks and districts, instead of villages

Union budget 2020-21 - explained in 15 charts

Nirmala Sitharaman's budget has little to offer rural India. Allocation to several schemes were slashed below 2019-20 revised estimates&…

Findings of Economic Survey 2015 are cause for worry

Survey hints at what we can expect from Union Budget 2015-16

Another poll sop: MGNREGS wage to be hiked from April 1

Move was preceded by series of initiatives to woo rural voters; these include money to construct toilets and insurance benefits

No substance in budget's agriculture hype

Some nets and sunshine

Fishers in a Tamil Nadu village save cost and improve catch with solar panel-fitted boats

Innovative administrator

IAS officer R Gopalakrishnan made development work for people

Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study

Women use creative ways to manage food and nutrition security in their households in lean months, shows an ongoing study in Faizabad, Uttar …

Centre launches awareness campaign for MGNREGA

'Kaam Mango Abhiyan' aims to popularise the ambitious flagship programme of the UPA government