Kancheepuram: D. Rani, 38, an Irula tribal woman heading the Sid­d­h­a­mur panchayat in Ka­nc­he­epuram dist­ri­ct, is an exa­m­ple of how so­ciety may tra­ns­form when a wo­m­an is in ch­arge of the

Karnataka’s shame: Three newly-recruited village development officers (VDOs) in the age group of 23 to 25 years, including a woman officer, have reportedly ended their lives in a span of six months in

Are the village development officers in Karnataka being targeted by gram panchayat members — most of whom are contractors and are thus banned under NREGA — for being the custodians of NREGA?

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Terming NREGA as a 'story worth telling', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the issue of delayed payment to workers under the programme should be addressed at the earliest and sought concurrent audit of rural development schemes.