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

Rural development schemes up for overhaul

Ministry of panchayati raj plans to develop model panchayats in different states through integrated development

Pitfalls of a uniform food regime

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

Is new land bill up to mark?

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

NDA introduces changes in MGNREGA

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

Raghuvansh Prasad, minister for rural development, on NREGA

Grains of doubt

Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme

Maharashtra to divert employment guarantee fund

Centre launches awareness campaign for MGNREGA

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

Scheme against jobs

Government is bent upon shrinking jobs for the poor by fundamentally changing the rural employment guarantee scheme against the advice of its …

Only plans, no integration

Garbage to energy plans

Centre fund for rural development mismanaged

UPA announces poll sop for tribals

Centre promises 150 days of work to tribal households under MGNREGA

Job half done

25 per cent funds allocated to national rural employment scheme remain unspent

Stink over missing toilets: ministry initiates probe

CAG audit may be sought if states fail to disclose correct information, says secretary for drinking water and sanitation

The road ahead

Jute, coir and waste material are set to make rural roads economic and eco-friendly

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

Operation Saranda: from Maoists to Miners

Last ditch attempt

UPA gives sops under MGNREGS to attract rural voters ahead of elections

GDP ignores cost to the environment

Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed?

Inheritance of loss

Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor

Who are the poor?

Planning Commission's poverty estimates do not reflect ground reality

Who are the poor?

Identifying the poor and measuring the poverty is a contentious issue. Poverty line is not a sacred line. At best, it indicates how far the …

Poverty level will increase if health expenditure included

Planning Commission factors in less than one rupee a day as health expenditure in its affidavit to the apex court