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Central funding for rural India triples

The 14th Finance Commission stressed more devolution of power to states and has recommended Rs 287,436 crore ($48 billion) for all local governments, rural and urban

Urban crisis looms as 400 million Indians head to cash-strapped cities

Given the poor collection of funds, urban local bodies in India are heavily dependent on government for funds

Stopping India's top killer is up to Indians

At least 25% of India's deaths are attributable to cardiovascular disease; India is also home to the third-largest population of obese persons

Maggi banned but what about oil, eggs, vegetables and pulses?

Data shows that we are surrounded by food that is contaminated, adulterated and does not meet Indian safety and packaging standards

Farm sector growth at 0.02%; rural-urban divide widens

2015 might officially be a drought year if IMD's latest predictions are right

Why malnutrition is growing in rising, urban India

About 1 million children under the age of five die of malnutrition-related causes in India, according to data from UNICEF

Ganga water quality plunges despite Rs 986 cr spending over 30 years

A key measure of pollution is 215 times the acceptable level at places along India's holiest river, the Ganga.

Coal kills Indians. Can the sun power the country?

Coal-based pollution kills about 115,000 Indians annually, including 10,000 children below age 5, at a healthcare cost of about $4.6 bn

Why India must submit to King Coal - for now

The choice of coal as an energy source is a no-brainer when it comes to convenience and immediate economic costs

Indians are marginal polluters, so why cut back on coal consumption?

Per capita carbon emissions for India are much lower than all other developed economies, but that is set to grow

Heat stroke deaths rise 61% in 10 years

More than 800 people have died this month in a wave of heat rippling across India, 550 in Andhra Pradesh and over 200 in Telangana

55 per cent of Lok Sabha MPs spent nothing on constituencies

As many as 298 of 542 Lok Sabha members have not spent a single rupee of the annual Rs 5 crore that is set aside for constituency development

Chicken and more: An anti-poverty guide for PM Modi

Targeted interventions led to a 15% increase in assets, 26% growth in consumption and 96% rise in savings among India's ultra-poor

India eyes a million jobs from renewable energy by 2022

That goal is contingent on the government reaching its goal of 100 GW of solar power and 60 GW of wind energy

More poor children in India's schools, but 30 per cent suffer malnutrition

About 56 out of 1,000 kids under the age of five died in India in 2012 due to malnutrition

India's SEZ failures a cautionary tale for Land Acquisition Bill

No more than 62% of farmland acquired for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has been used for its intended purpose of boosting manufacturing, exports and jobs

Teachers corner 80% of education expenditure, finds new report

Despite the lion's share of Rs 5.86 lakh crore over 10 years going towards teachers, learning outcomes are still worsening

For first time in 20 years, Indian mobile phone sales drop

Experts believe cyclical glitches account for the downturn in mobile-phone sales: unexciting phones, tax issues, increased competition and even extended Chinese new-year festivities

Modi vs Manmohan: Who's the bigger globetrotter?

PM Narendra Modi is only marginally ahead of Manmohan Singh in number of days spent abroad in first year of government

Why Greenpeace is first on Modi government' NGO chopping block

Greenpeace has led a global campaign against coal, which is at the heart of Modi's plans to boost industrial production