Delhi government has partnered with private sponsors to reach out to the homeless and the hungry with free or affordable food.

If big-ticked development projects are getting scrapped by the day, blame it on the flawed policy.

The Elephant Task Force outlines a new, progressive strategy that goes beyond the usual wildlife conservation paradigms.

President Barack Obama's take on Indo-US agricultural cooperation may have gladdened the hearts of US agro-companies, but has evoked apprehension in the Indian farmers.

How one man's vision transformed Kuthambakkam village near Chennai into a model of self-governance.

Mobile phones have mushroomed even as basic amenities such as sanitation has lagged. In the drought prone region of Jhansi, where governance initiatives have been as scarce as the rainfall, the district magistrate latched on to this new tool and came up with a round-the-clock toll free complaint centre.

PPPs (Public-Private partnerships) are fundamentally changing public procurement by allowing the private sector to exercise greater control over, and often ownership of, public assets, such as land, roads and airports.

'RTI on Wheels' is a simple concept that offers advice on RTI use where it matters most: outside government offices. Governments should emulate this Ahmedabad NGO.

By digitising 9,000 files of the Information Commission in three months with no extra budget, Shailesh Gandhi proves a point: it's not governments that improve governance.

The CSC scheme in Assam is a poor advertisment for both the centre's e-governance drive and the public-private partnership model. Common service centres have sprung up here with a few government services on offer and appear to exist only to profit private partners availing of the government's subsidy.

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