NREGA

Awarded the Danish Water Air Food Award 2018 for offering an effective sustainable solution, Thrissur's 'Mazhapolima' initiative could teach cities like Bengaluru and Chennai a thing or two about protecting their groundwater. #WaterActionDecade #ActOnClimateChange #Kerala #Inspiration

Passionate about protecting natural history, Sandeep Tambe's proactive policy-making has also been instrumental in making Sikkim one of India's most successful states in implementing MGNREGA.

Drought is a severe problem for large swathes of India, and despite existing mechanisms and machinery to tackle its effects, it continues to be a grave problem, especially in rural India. Yashaswini Mittal explores the recent Supreme Court directives on Drought Management and how they’ll help India tackle drought in the future.

A woman of limited means living on a pension in a remote village in Karanataka, used up her savings to dig a well so several households would have water to drink.

Suriya Ansari, a former engineer, is helping improve the health and sanitation conditions of rural India with a simple, cost-effective toilet solution.