Jharkhand has decided to seriously monitor deaths of mothers, during child delivery or as a result of extraneous circumstances, having…

Indigenous groups and Dalits continue to be at the bottom in most indicators of well-being, the Muslims and the Other…

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the States to ensure speedy implementation of the Gram Nyayalaya Act to ensure speedy…

Rural Development Minister C P Joshi today said only 65 lakh households had got 100 days employment under the Mahatma…

The well-intentioned food security Bill, cleared by the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) and now awaiting Cabinet approval, continues to…

Potato farmers Madhusudan Mondal and Lakshman Adak, in their mid-50s, live 15km apart in West Bengal’s Hooghly district. Both have…

In mid-2009 it was declared that the tipping point has been crossed: world urban population crossed the 50% mark for…

Despite tall claims, the NREGA programme is just a dud as most other “in the name of the poor” expenditures…

“Wherever there is a lamp, there is darkness below it,” said Bava Bhalekar, a fisherman and local leader in this…

I want you to consider some well-known, oft-repeated facts: * About half of India’s children are malnourished, a record poorer…

Maharashtra’s image as a progressive state has taken a beating with recent figures rating it third amongst major states, after…

The police at Sekmai in Manipur have rescued 10 tribal children, including three girls, from a child trafficker on Wednesday.…

Ambitious planting programmes in Asia and the United States have helped slow the global rate of deforestation but farmers are…

Riding on high sales of its snacks brands like Lays and Uncle Chipps, Pepsico has engaged 12,000 farmers across the…

The Orissa Agriculture Produce Markets Act was amended in 2006 to allow establishment of private markets and contract farming in…