Book One Valley and A Thousand Dams, Nationalism and Development

Book>> Daniel Klingensmith, 'One Valley and a Thousand' Dams, Nationalism and Development Oxford University Press New Delhi 2007

‘Rethink economics of poverty’

Want poor families in north India to immunise their children? Offer the parents a small bag of lentils as an incentive and vaccination rates make …

MGNREGA activist gangraped in Bihar

Victim dies on way to hospital; she had angered influential landlords of her village

Time to be different

As told to Parliament (December 22, 2021): Over 150 million households have jobs cards under MGNREGA

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Prioritise and fast-track work on flagship rural schemes: Central report to states

The report is important as the current financial year ends on March 31

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

NREGA activists who paid with their lives Narayan Hareka (Orissa)

Union Budget 2024-25: No respite for rural employment as MGNREGS allocation unchanged from 2023-24

Of the Rs 86,000 crore allotted under the interim budget, only Rs 54,000 crore will be available for utilisation for financial year 2024-25

Yes, India needs agrarian reform, but that which is pro-people, not pro-corporate

Here are the steps that central and state governments can take to adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic development model for Indian …

How a water project put women in charge and turned the fortunes of a dry Bengal village

With men quitting agriculture to work as unskilled labourers, women lead measures to curb soil erosion

River revived: MGNREGA bring Palakkad women to water conservation forefront

India’s largest group of women well diggers and a unique river conservation movement

Migration in India: A shift in agenda

Migration is an adaptation strategy for communities vulnerable to climate change impacts. Governments should plan for such demographic shifts

Centre to send babus to 255 water-stressed districts. Here’s what they should keep in mind

MGNREGS has implemented a slew of projects, but to hardly any effect. We need to look at the problem afresh

Consult us on linking agriculture with MGNREGA: Farmers write to PM

Rashtriya Kisan Mahashangha demands farmers's involvement in deliberations over use of MGNREGA in farm sector

Telangana pushing for organic farming, but focus is now on giving respite to farmers

Telangana's Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister, Jupally Krishna Rao, says his government is offering loan waiver and subsidies to farmers

Government to pay Rs 11,000 crore for MGNREGA in drought-hit states

While hearing a case on the matter, the Supreme Court slammed the Centre for its ‘non-serious’ attitude and directed it to give …

Ecotourism on the wing

Uttarakhand strikes a balance between conservation and employment by institutionalising birdwatching camps, says Ghazala Shahabuddin,who attended …

A haven for dumping

Outdated federal regulations make Indian reserves in Canada vulnerable to waste dumping from sly and better-off surrounding communities

`Family farming is not a romantic idea. It is business'

The food price rise of 2007-08 highlighted that investments in the agriculture sector have reduced in the past three decades. One of the most …

Activist lands in jail for protesting lack of health facilities in tribal district five years ago

People picket police stations; fellow activist claims case is baseless

COVID-19 rural crisis: Why MGNREGA needs a harder push

MGNREGA workers across the country on June 29 staged peaceful demonstration, raised demands for higher benefits and wages

Rural unemployment in central India: Why Adivasi communities are worst-hit

The focus of MGNREGA has to be re-shifted to employment generation from asset building