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Microfinance institutions get away with farmer suicide abetment charges: Police close a third of the cases in Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 27 Apr, 2012 12:43 PMArticle Courtesy : Down to Earth
Author : M Suchitra
Sikkim’s organic farming to feature in Satyamev Jayate, Aamir Khan’s first television project on DD1
Posted on 27 Apr, 2012 11:36 AMArticle and Image Courtesy : iSikkim
Critical review of the impacts, challenges, prospects and conflict management for vitally needed inter-linking of rivers in India
Posted on 23 Apr, 2012 12:17 PMGuest post by : Er. Radhey Shyam Goel
1. Introduction
Appointment of young professionals as Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows - Some questions
Posted on 23 Apr, 2012 11:19 AMThe critics of the PMRDFS have already started asking questions as follows:
Interlinking of rivers project: A disquieting judgement - Ramaswamy Iyer's perspective in the EPW on the recent Supreme Court decision
Posted on 20 Apr, 2012 10:52 PM
1. Introduction
Two writ petitions were filed in 2002 on the subject of interlinking. The judgement finally passed in 2012 directs the implementation of this project. This judgement is disturbing for the following reasons:
PPP models for irrigation projects – Why and why not?
Posted on 10 Apr, 2012 11:17 AMAuthor : Rasika Gokhale Athawale
Water law in a globalised world - Philippe Cullet discusses the need for creating a new framework
Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 11:09 PM1. Introduction
Restructuring in 2012 of District Rural Development Agency set up by Ministry of Rural Development
Posted on 05 Apr, 2012 09:25 PMThe MoRD constituted the present Committee with a mandate to study the structure of the DRDA and suggest measures to strengthen their professional character so that they could be useful to the Zila Parishads and the district administration in planning for removal of rural poverty.
People of Nuapada district in Odisha build a stop dam themselves - Roundup of audio updates from CGNet Swara (Sep 2011 to Feb 2012)
Posted on 03 Apr, 2012 02:57 PMPeople get together to build a stop dam themselves
The people of Khariar road town in Odisha have long requested a check dam across the river Jonk. Khuturam Sunani describes how they have now begun constructing it through shramadaan.