A 50-year-old Dalit woman who had complained of being denied entry into a temple in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh's village, Jait, about three months ago, has now alleged that she was raped by two men for speaking against the upper castes. The woman had spoken out against discrimination by upper castes in Jait three months ago and that complaint had caused major embarrassment to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj...
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A Hindu Sect Devoted to the Environment by Akash Kapur
About three kilometers from this village, across dirt tracks and open scrubland, there is a settlement of seven mud huts bordered by millet and lentil fields. No electricity or telephone poles run to these huts. There’s not a satellite dish to be seen. In the dry, open land that surrounds the settlement — part of the great Thar Desert that dominates the western part of the state of Rajasthan — black...
More »Negative agriculture growth in Bihar during NDA rule: RJD
Accusing the NDA government of Bihar of being 'anti-farmer', opposition RJD today alleged that the state had witnessed a negative agriculture growth rate during its term. Contrary to the agriculture growth rate of 7.74% during the Rabri Devi regime between 2001 to 2005, the farm sector's output nosedived to register a negative growth rate when the NDA goverment took over in November 2006, RJD national spokesperson Md Iliyas Hussain told reporters...
More »PM lands in Maharashtra village, with a 12-digit number to a future
782474317884. Ranjana Sadashiv Sonawane is unable to read the 12-digit number printed on a piece of paper given to her. But the 41-year-old resident of Tembhli village in Nandurbar district, who created history on Wednesday by becoming the first person to get an unique identity number under the UPA government’s Aadhar project, is not willing to let such minor issues mar the celebrations. “We will get many benefits. This will provide...
More »The Clean Energy Market Expands to India’s Rural Poor
The market for clean energy products and services is increasing among India’s rural poor, and according to a new analysis, could potentially grow to more than USD 2 billion per year. Demand for clean energy products is rising among India’s rural communities, according to the Power to the People analysis released today by Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (CDF-IFMR) and the World Resources Institute(WRI)....
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