CAG faults implementation of maternity benefit scheme by Aarti Dhar
Many did not use health centres for institutional deliveries The Mission’s goal is to achieve 100 per cent institutional deliveries…
Read MoreRural Industrialisation as the ‘Mahayana’ of International Cooperation: A World Waiting to be Born by Saurabh Kumar
The following piece was written for the UNIDO’s General Conference that took place in Vienna this month but could not…
Read MoreJharkhand: Economic Growth for Whom? by Girish Mishra
As far as natural resources like minerals, land and water are concerned, Jharkhand is among the richest States of India.…
Read MoreGenetic Engineering: Instrument of Western Agribusiness to Control India’s Food and Farming System by Bharat Dogra
The recent high-pressure tactics to introduce genetically engineered food crops in India are another rude reminder that Western agribusiness companies…
Read MoreJudicial Activism and Investigative Journalism: Editors as PIL Litigants by Prabhakar Kulkarni
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) can be filed in any High Court or directly in the Supreme Court. It is…
Read MoreKota bridge collapse: 17 bodies found, 30 feared trapped
JODHPUR: At least 17 people were killed and 30 others were feared trapped or drowned after an under-construction bridge collapsed…
Read MoreRich states corner health funds by Pradeep Thakur
Some of the poor states in the country that were the focus of the big-ticket National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)…
Read More5 out of India’s 20 worst pollution zones in NCR
Beijing had to take some harsh steps to reduce pollution ahead of last year’s Olympic Games in the city. As…
Read MoreCost-push element behind rise in food prices, says Pranab
“States should ensure effective public distribution system” Fiscal deficit at 6.8 per cent of GDP a challenge Dip in exports…
Read MoreA gesture to disabled children by Anita Joshua
The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to amend the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, (RTE)…
Read MoreFixing food prices
Every time inflation hits the headlines, the political blame game begins. This time too, as food prices soar, everyone in…
Read MoreGovt to fast track rape, molestation cases: Moily
With the Ruchika molestation case causing an uproar, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Friday that the Government…
Read MoreKashmir autonomy ball in PM court by Muzaffar Raina
A working group appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recommended “autonomy to the extent possible” for Jammu and Kashmir.…
Read MoreClimate change will hit small farmers most: Pawar by Gargi Parsai
Small and marginal farmers would be the worst sufferers of climate change, Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Sharad Pawar…
Read MorePawar rules out rice imports by Gargi Parsai
Stocks exceed the buffer norm despite dip in production ‘FCI machinery should be geared up’ The Union government on Wednesday…
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