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The Not-so-ideal Situation of the Adarsh Gram Yojana
More than three years after the Prime Minister asked each Member of Parliament to adopt one village and eventually more, has the plan really worked?
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Can a Thread Tie Modernisation and Tradition Together?
As more and more communities become ‘modern’, a civilisation as old as India runs the risk of losing its age-old cultures. Is there a way for societies to progress without getting stuck in the past?
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Health-Worker’s Appointment Boosts Maternal Health in Bengal Village
The appointment of an ASHA worker in Madhupur village is helping the community, especially women, make informed decisions about healthcare. Here’s how the village got an ASHA worker.
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Delayed Payments Dampen Health Workers’ Motivation
Frontline health workers, especially ASHA workers, literally spell hope for millions in rural India, but the government does little to keep them incentivised.
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Six Years On, MGNREGA Payments Finally Released
Community Correspondent's video and persistence helps 18 workers finally get their due wages under the MGNREGA scheme - India's "stellar example of rural development”.
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Labour Day: The Invisible and Dispensable Lives behind Swachh Bharat
Sanitation workers often resort to consuming alcohol to become numb to the stench of drains. All they get in return? Delayed wages and stigma. Reena Ramteke reports on the scenes behind Swachh Bharat hoardings and songs.
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Bihar’s Double Whammy of Floods and Droughts
Owing to climate change and erratic rain cycles, farmers in Bihar’s West Champaran are reeling from the loss of crops to floods and droughts, and from the hefty debt that they are now entrapped in.