Brazilian lessons for Modi

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

A tab on wishlist

As firms explore applications for Indian consumers, the country is set to drive budget tablet market

Should NABARD regulate micro-finance?

Private sector wants to adopt public health bodies

Is tackling climate change economically viable?

Sri Lanka grapples with elephant-human conflict

Innovative administrator

IAS officer R Gopalakrishnan made development work for people

How rural kitchen pays

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

Bank at your doorstep

Technology is helping public sector banks find customers in rural India. This is part of the Centre’s efforts to include villages in the …

A lethal secrecy in trade deals

Why do democratic governments hide trade negotiations that have dire consequences for public services?

Whose homeland security?

Matter of life and death

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …