The objective of this report is to account for variations in the success of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) in different states across India.

Arghyam, a non-profit foundation focusing on domestic water and sanitation, has published a document highlighting a water quality management (WQM) framework for rural areas.

This report contains 56 recommendations to put sustainable development into practice and to mainstream it into economic policy as quickly as possible.

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has rejected Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s suggestion on modifying MGNREGA’s guidelines, saying it has not impacted the availability of workers for th

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to name those officials who made illegal allotments in the catchment area of Ramgarh dam and also the list of those influen

Anand (Gujarat) India continues to be the largest milk producing nation, according to the report of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for 2010-11.

The country’s estimated milk production for the period stood at 121 million tonne (mt), close to 17% of the world’s total produce.

Wants To Stop States From Hijacking Credit

With less than a week left, the UPA government seems to be split on the issue of appealing against the Karnataka High Court’s order stating that wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employ

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s flexing of the muscle appears to be yielding dividend, as the state after securing an economic package of `8,750 crores from the Centre is soon likely t

The biggest experiment in the world to provide food security to the poor would be successful here only if the government finds ways to deliver it at a much lower cost

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