Spoils of local bodies

Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh are about money and pelf

UPA's development report card

A look at the progress of the Congress-led alliance's flagship programmes

NREGS expansion

Reading between poverty lines

Is the latest poverty estimate a true indicator of rural poor in India?  

Lost and found

Karnataka villages are reviving underground springs that were once their lifeline in summers

MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar could have been prevented

Initiative to make wage payment to workers transparent was stalled by officialdom

More than half of world’s poor out of safety net coverage, says World Bank

Poverty is urbanising at a rapid pace, it says

Will the budget create a bang?

The 2015-16 Union budget will declare Modi government's development agenda

Blood, sweat and tears

For RTI activists of Bihar the cost of exposing corruption is life

Lean, mean scheme

Budget to start process of reforming Central rural schemes, 45 years after first demand

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

Heads without tails

As told to Parliament (March 19, 2021): No special plan for children under 15 impacted by pandemic

All that was discussed in the House through the day

COVID-19: Bihar profiles returned migrant workers for skills

The industry department has profiled skills of more than 80,000 migrant workers so far

Bihar lowers wage under MGNREGA

State blames poor financial condition for the move

As told to Parliament (September 18, 2020): 10,281 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2019

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Drought but why

It is time we understood that since drought is human-made it can be reversed

Government tries to harvest success with farmer-friendly Budget

The 2016 Budget has the right intent for the rural sector, but lacks clarity

24 deaths in 2 months

Monsoon deficit spikes rural job demand under MGNREGS

Job demands in some states higher than recorded in COVID-19 pandemic

MGNREGS workers in Kerala to get pension

State and Centre to contribute Rs 1,000 each per head

Agents of change

Gramdoots, or village volunteers, mobilise people to get government machinery moving

Jairam Ramesh releases NREGS funds to Uttar Pradesh with conditions attached

Move coincides with Rahul Gandhi's public relations campaign in poll-bound state

Afforestation wages in cash

Chhattisgarh violates Supreme Court order

The swing

More women than men are voting in India. Majority of them are from rural areas