India

 Employment guarantee scheme not in sync with Mastapur's needs

Hope floated in drought-hit Mastapur village when people heard of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) in 2006. Residents of this village in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district thought

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
Neha Sakhuja, Shachi Chaturvedi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Conservation, Water Demand, Rural Water Supply, Watershed Development, Rural Roads, Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Unemployment, Panchayats, NGO, India, Madhya Pradesh
Water Pollution

 Sulia takes charge

Participatory management brings forests back

Publication Date: 
30/05/2005
Shachi Chaturvedi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Products, Firewood, Orissa (Odisha), Nayagarh (D)