Regular dialogue between villagers, doctors and elected representatives has reflected in improved health services in rural parts of the state. The data was collected from 220 villages and 40 primary health centres across fifteen blocks in five districts of the state including Pune. Sathi-Cehat, a state nodal NGO, collected the information under Community Based Monitoring (CBM) of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). "Nine key health services were rated by...

The Centre has given the State a “very poor” rating The number of claims has jumped to 3,03,960 by the end of January The implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act in Maharashtra has dismayed Adivasis and activists alike. Even the State government is painfully aware of its slow progress. With only 1.19 per cent of the 2,39,542 total claims under the Act received till...