Reportage What’s in store for rural India in this year’s Budget? The government has proposed new schemes like Kisan Rail and Krishi Udaan, and aims to eradicate TB by 2025. The...
Reportage FM takes out a 16-point action plan from her ‘bahi khata’ to revive the agriculture sector Delivering the longest Union Budget speech — 2 hours 37 minutes — Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid down the 16-point...
Reportage Economic Survey: Around 2.62 crore new jobs created in 2011-18 Acknowledging the economic slowdown in the country, Chief Economic Advisor Dr Krishnamurthy Subramanian said there is a slowdown in the...
Video Shows Kerala student is India’s first confirmed case of coronavirus The government reached out to over 600 Indians living in China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, to ascertain...
Reportage Is it going to be a farmer-centric budget? In 2019, in her maiden budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had emphasized on ‘gaon-garib-kisan’ as the cornerstone of policymaking....
Reportage The deplorable healthcare sector in rural India suffers from a fund crunch, needs urgent fixing The rural India suffers a highly skewed doctor-patient ratio. The primary health centres are in a pathetic condition. Is the...
Reportage Safety, jobs, access to welfare schemes … what are the women expecting from the Budget? When we spoke to girls and women living in rural India about the forthcoming Budget, their response was varied. Some...
Reportage “Everyone knows the importance of education, but no policymaker is willing to talk about it” The country’s education system suffers heavily from lack of funds. During the past decade, the country’s expenditure on education has...
Reportage “What happens in just Rs 168 provided by MGNREGA?” As per the Sustainable Development Goals Index 2019-20, developed by NITI Aayog, indicators for estimation of poverty include people employed...
Reportage Abortions to be allowed at 24 weeks, Javadekar calls it a “progressive reform” Union minister Prakash Javadekar the new law would ensure safe and give women reproductive rights over their bodies