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Analysis'The challenge is to make panchayati raj institutions vehicles for both governance and delivery' By Rashme Sehgal Mani Shankar Aiyar, India's new minister for panchayati raj, talks about the need for a full-fledged ministry for local self-government, and the achievements of the 1 million women who are now active at the panchayat level More... Environment: will the new government be any more responsible?By Ashish Kothari What does the new government need to do to tackle environmental degradation head-on? Ashish Kothari an environmental manifesto More... The feel-good factory: A government-media joint ventureBy P Sainath Amidst the orgy of celebration over India Shining, P Sainath points out that the fastest-growing sector in these golden years has not been IT or automobiles, but inequality More... |