In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast track development into what the state officially calls a cut off region hills submerged by the stilled waters of h

Energy is the engine of growth of any developing economy. Consumption of electrical energy is universally accepted indicator of progress in the agriculturall, industrial and commercial sectors, as also of the well being of the people of the nation.

With the growing threat of food insecurity and a largely erratic rainfall pattern, Kerala, despite its very high rate of annual precipitation, has embarked on a series of large budget irrigation schemes. However, with the shift in acreage in favour of certain cash crops which demand relatively less moisture, the requirement of water in agriculture may change.