A mobile lab is rolling through Adivasi villages in Odisha, introducing locals to basics of science

The Community Science Programme is an intiative of Tata Trusts, TCS Foundation and the NGO Sikshasandhan.

Rakhi Ghosh

· Oct 03, 2018 · 01:30 pm

PM’s plan for free gas connections is failing its objective – as government had been warned it would

A study commissioned in 2015 said that for the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to succeed, the price of gas cylinders would have to be reduced.

Nitin Sethi

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Aroon Deep

· Jan 23, 2018 · 12:30 pm

How rearing fish in small ponds is helping farmers boost incomes in Maharashtra

Farm ponds, built to harvest rainwater and irrigate rain-fed fields, are doubling up as fishponds, helping farmers overcome vagaries of agriculture.

Hiren Kumar Bose

· Nov 22, 2017 · 07:30 pm

From bathroom services to tree protection, micro businesses in rural areas need new ideas

Small business in villages do indeed create livelihoods, but there is an over-saturation in dairy, cattle rearing and the like.

Sanjiv Phansalkar

· Nov 13, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Model villages: Why Modi's pet rural development scheme is not working

Only 53 of 278 BJP MPs in the Lok Sabha have selected new villages in phase two of the scheme.

Anumeha Yadav

· Jul 25, 2016 · 10:30 am

Like Modi, many BJP MPs adopt all-Hindu settlements under model village scheme

The exclusionary pattern has upset many Muslim leaders in Uttar Pradesh.

Dhirendra K Jha

· Nov 19, 2014 · 06:30 am

As Modi adopts Jayapur as model village, residents of nearby settlement claim he 'betrayed' them

Kakrahiyan sarpanch says his village had originally been picked as beneficiary and wants to know why it was dropped.

Dhirendra K Jha

· Nov 07, 2014 · 01:25 pm