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Locked and Defunct: How Panchayats Work in Pulwama

 
/ May 18, 2018

Ever since the Panchayati Raj Act was adopted, the panchayat buildings in this Pulwama village are regularly painted and maintained; only to open for elections.

A Poem to the Panchayat: a plea for old age pension

 
/ May 5, 2015

May 5th 2015 | Jharkhand, Dhanbad District, Baghmara block, Chatrutand Panchayat, Murlidih Village | Halima Ejaz More than a dozen beneficiaries of Old Age Pension have not received any money in a decade. They have tried all possible routes to avail their entitlement but each of their pleas have been...

Woman Sarpanch Brings Change to Rural India

 
/ March 29, 2012

Sukhvantibai leads the way in Chhattisgarh

Women Master Art Of Farming

 
/ January 4, 2011

Women break into male domain of agriculture and set up a farming cooperative in Bihar.

Women MasterArt Of Farming

 
/ September 15, 2010

Women break into the mail domain of traditional farming, turn food growers in remote village of India’s Bihar state