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5 mn fewer kids born last decade, says report

In 2011, the total number of children in the age-group 0-6 years is reported as 158.79 mn which is down by 3.1% vs population in 2001

New FCRA rules leave NGOs fuming

Cancellation followed fingers being pointed at foreign funded NGOs as being responsible for the various protest movements in the country

Govt may hear plea of landless villagers

About 50,000 villagers demanding land for housing and farming have been walking from Gwalior to Delhi

Former Himachal CM backs Kejriwal's allegations against Vadra

Shanta Kumar also asked for an inquiry into a property owned by Priyanka Gandhi in Himachal Pradesh

Former DERC chief backs Kejriwal, says tariffs unfair

Backs activists and says he was let down by opposition and govt when he wanted to pass the order

National minimum wage is sop, not reform: critics

The National Floor Level Minimum Wage at present is Rs 115 but states continue to have minimum wages that are much lower

Kharge blames poor labour-law enforcement for Maruti conflict

Calls for better dialogue between workers, employers to prevent and resolve conflicts

Nuclear plant totally safe, NPCIL tells SC

Says it has already implemented 7 AERB recommendations

Now a sanitation mela ...

The yatra as it is funded totally by the Swiss Government and the Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation

Land Bill now only for new projects

Requires consent from only two-thirds of the landowners compared to 80% earlier

India ranks 66th in a new food security index

A protein- and Vitamin A-deficient nation where food quality is worse than that of Myanmar and Srilanka

GoM wants land Bill provisions to apply with retrospective effect

Govt move to impose floor-level wage fails to impress unions, economists

No land acquisition for PPP townships : Jairam Ramesh

Q&A with Union Rural Development Minister

No land acquisition for PPP townships: Jairam Ramesh

Interview with Union Rural Development Minister

Employment exchanges to advertise jobs for contract workers

Definitions of employee & employer are being broadbased to include contract labour who has worked for more than 240 days in a year

Guild to take up Kingfisher workers' case

Kingfisher workers who have been denied salaries for the last six months have not organised themselves into a union

Sreelatha Menon: The politics of yatra

A yatra from Gwalior to Delhi by 50,000 villagers is demanding land for the landless

This is just the tip of the iceberg: Arvind Kejriwal

Interview with Indian politician and social activist

An insider's account

Baromas, a film depicting the plight of a family in Vidarbha, offers a refreshing insight into a region known only for its farmer suicides