Accountability is oxygen to civic life : How India could have managed COVID-19 better

Lessons from Right to Information and other welfare laws could have led to more transparent and smooth relief plans

Will MGNREGA help again? Rs 1,387 crore pending in wages

Migrant workers are returning to their home states again as COVID-19 pandemic lashes out brutally at several urban centres 

COVID-19: Centre’s relief package an eyewash for NREGA workers

The Rs 1.7 lakh crore package by the Centre has nothing for the 13 million NREGA workers

Water-stressed in India: In Thanjavur, an outlier in need of conservation measures

The district ranked third in terms of water-conservation works under Jal Shakti Abhiyan  

Why Union Budget 2022-23 falls short in addressing gaps to build disaster resilience

The budgetary allocations under relief on account of natural calamities and MGNREGA have been decreased; this will affect the country in building …

MGNREGA graft: Social audit finds irregularities worth Rs 54 lakh in Rajasthan

Corruption was unearthed in 2022 after the workers from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in Barmer reported the issue to the Rajasthan government

Security ring: How MGNREGA rejuvenated tanks of a Tikamgarh village

A network of 55 tanks that get filled up one after the other when it rains, has cured this village of droughts

Nutrition in backyard gardens: Odisha’s tribal women show the way

The vegetable women grow not only help them eat healthy, but also sell surplus produce and make a living of their own  

Pro-poor schemes in plenty, but no end to tribal community struggles

Governance has virtually collapsed in tribal regions; most welfare and development schemes hardly reach even 10% of the targets

Graft claims in MGNREGA squeezing poor workers, millions unpaid for months

Zero funds to Bengal, Lakshadweep this year, Centre admits in Parliament; activists ask to use pre-existing mechanisms to handle graft

Making migrants count: The role of Indian judiciary amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Supreme Court’s recent order has shifted the focus from protecting workers’ legal rights to government largesse 

How MGNREGA is promoting climate-smart villages

The works include constructing percolation tanks, households living in the catchment area for construction of check dams, afforestation, contour&…

Parched no more: MGNREGA enables multi-cropping in Bundelkhand’s Himmatpura

A check dam has allowed a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jalaun district to grow crops in two cycles

Secure from drought: How MGNREGA changed lives in Bandlapalli

The village from where the scheme was launched in India, has remained untouched by drought in a water-scarce region

A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around

The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA

MGNREGS: How the employment guarantee scheme holds up after 14 years

The scheme helped villagers beat poverty, created assets; Despite criticisms, it's time to ready MGREGS 2.0

Critical to look beyond Bihar’s MGNREGA employment numbers

Agro-ecological suitability of MGNREGA works and created assets driving these employment figures are key lenses

How historical methods helped landless farmers earn a living

Farmers revive traditional retention ponds that drain water during floods and retain moisture in droughts

Water-stressed in India: Curious case of 2 neighbouring Telangana districts

The contrast in the districts’ JSA rankings was due to proper implementation of schemes

COVID-19: Even skilled workers line up for MGNREGA in Kurukshetra

With economic recovery uncertain, those who would earlier avoid central job schemes are now ready to take up work

COVID-19 second wave: Rural demand may be hit despite normal monsoon

Out-of-pocket expenses on health in rural areas may push millions into poverty, warn experts

As told to Parliament (December 22, 2022): Around 60% of India prone to earthquakes

Around 11% of India falls in Zone V, which is the most seismically active 

Punjab bats for direct seeding of rice. But will it help farmers?

Lack of migrant labourers in the wake of COVID-19-fuelled reverse migration has prompted state government to abandon traditional transplantation …

Budget 2020-21: Will MGNREGA become an overarching rural development scheme

The upcoming budget will see many schemes being brought under the rural employment prtogramme; a direct cash transfer may be declared to top this up

Dying for ration: Biometric glitches in Rajasthan villages keep the poor hungry

Valid ration card holders turned away from PDS shops as fingerprints don't match in records