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
'Social protection: a safety net for agricultural households'
In the run up to World Food Day on October 16, a Food and Agriculture Organization report focuses on the role of social protection in …
How to make Budget discussions in Parliament more fruitful
Both ruling and opposition parties need to play constructive and responsible roles
As told to Parliament (March 23, 2022): Thermal plants coal stock at 39% of normative requirement
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Grains of doubt
Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme
West Bengal fares poorly in MNREGS
Only 25 days of work provided per family as against the guaranteed 100 days of work; wages paid late in 55 per cent cases
Water-stressed in India: Lessons from Telangana’s Sangareddy district
From Kakatiya mission in 2016 to Jal Shakti Abhiyan in 2019 — how de-silting of Pedda Cheruvu tank helped fix groundwater levels &…
Centre launches awareness campaign for MGNREGA
'Kaam Mango Abhiyan' aims to popularise the ambitious flagship programme of the UPA government
India has approved ratification of Nagoya Protocol
Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan calls for partnership between developed and developing countries to meet the challenges of protecting …
Holistic approach
Civil society and all government agencies are responsible for sustainable development
No transparency - Andhra Pradesh
Farming made unprofitable
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 …
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 …
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
Project without a plan
After two budgets and Rs 5,300 crore in funding, the Centre's micro irrigation project that promises water to every farmland is not even close to …
Into the abyss?
The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office report
Made it
Enabavi, a village of 52 families, is abuzz. It is hosting farmers from the nearby Kallem village who have come here for tips on profitable …
Gram sewaks protest NREGS pressure
Nine gram sewaks have committed suicide in past one year due to work stress
Jairam Ramesh proposes making rural job scheme less labour-intensive
Revised MGNREGS guidelines to be finalised end of this week
Congress socialist party?
Left-of-centre agenda must not be abandoned
From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees
DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …
Can MGNREGA be a tool for post-COVID-19 rural recovery
Agriculture is the least-affected sector of the economy. It is poised to gain and lead economy’s revival process
Kitchen strike for toilets
Women of a Maharashtra hamlet give husbands an ultimatum-build toilets or go without food
Paying farmers for ecological services