Galloping food prices have shattered family budgets across the country, with latest inflation data showing that prices rose at nearly…

Surging food inflation, decline in agriculture growth rate and the impending food security bill are expected to be at the…

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes on Thursday criticised the Tamil Nadu government for high pendency of cases and low…

In a bold move that will not just prune the humongous fertiliser subsidy bill but also change the face of…

We urgently need legislation that specifically addresses child abuse.  The Indian Penal Code does not spell out the definition of…

Economic diversification is vital if the world’s most poverty-stricken countries, some of them depending on a single or a few…

The draft Food Security Bill, which has returned to the negotiating table of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) after…

“The main instrument for global food security is national food production. Every country has an obligation to provide food for…

While the jury is still out on whether Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh did the right thing by putting a moratorium…

Anxious to ensure fiscal discipline and manage financial resources for its flagship programmes, UPA-2 is considering deletion of the Above…

India’s love for peanuts is now such a mega trend that chikki and chivda are bigger money-spinners than groundnut oil,…

Global health will be the focus of this year’s annual United Nations conference with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the head of…

Just as microcredit on its own does not represent full financial inclusion, it is our view that neither do business…

Union minister of state for rural development Agatha Sangma on Tuesday said the Centre would shortly bring women reservation Bill…

A difference of opinion between two ministries has put paid to a six-month-old proposal to extend a government health insurance…