For five years, Arun Lodhiya from Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, tried multiple times to withdraw his NREGA wages from his bank account at the local Customer Service Point
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Midday Meal Cooks: Nutrition for the Village, Nothing for Them
Midday meal cook from Maharashtra Babita Tade winning one crore on Kaun Banega Crorepati may have been the best news to do with the midday meal programme in the recent past.
Voices from Mobile Vaani: Discussing the gender pay gap in Indian informal economies
Not only are wages in the country low in general, women get even lower wages than men.
JEEViKA Mobile Vaani: Encouraging women to access maternal health information through mobile phones
JEEViKA Mobile Vaani provides rural women information on maternal dietary diversity and complementary feeding practices. It reinforces messages on nutrition that these women hear in their SHGs and seeks to create more conversations in the household o
Hunger in ‘Fit India’
India reached a new low in the Global Hunger Index rankings since it began in 2000. The country ranked 102 (out of 117 qualifying countries), lagging behind its south Asian neighbours.
Shram ka Samman: Why do people migrate? ‘If not farming or daily wage labour, what can we do?’
Not working on farms or going into daily wage labour leaves rural Indians with few options to earn a livelihood.
Shram ka Samman: Why do people migrate? Because MGNREGA isn’t helping
Two women-led unions in Tamil Nadu are using Gram Vaani’s IVR platforms to push for greater participation and accountability of Gram Sabha meetings, where citizens discuss their problems and needs and decide on ways to use available resources.
Shram ka Samman: On Migrants – Hopes, Rights and Demands
Two women-led unions in Tamil Nadu are using Gram Vaani’s IVR platforms to push for greater participation and accountability of Gram Sabha meetings, where citizens discuss their problems and needs and decide on ways to use available resources.
Shram ka Samman: What do migrants leave behind? A crisis in India’s farms
Two women-led unions in Tamil Nadu are using Gram Vaani’s IVR platforms to push for greater participation and accountability of Gram Sabha meetings, where citizens discuss their problems and needs and decide on ways to use available resources.
