How beneficiary-led monitoring of government-run services, such as ration shops and rural healthcare, functions in a few states.

The Gram Sabha of Mendha Lekha village in Gadchirolli district in Maharashtra has done away with private ownership of agricultural land using the Maharashtra Gram Dan Act 1964. The intent is to further strenghthen the gram sabha by moving towards community ownership of land.

From the perspective of climate change, both India and China need to think of alternative development models. (8-page essay). Excerpt from Conclusion: "India’s per capita ecological footprint is now about twice India’s own bio-capacity. India’s ecological system has clearly been overwhelmed by the current model of development (Global Footprint Network 2008).

The recent economic crises and the powercut affecting huge swathes of South India, both point to the need to localise the economy at least for basic needs. Here are some stories related to Mendha Lekha village in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra

Janapada Seva Encounter with octogenarian Surendra Kaulogi and his sons, Santosh and Sughosh and their commitment to the weaving community through the Janapada Seva Trust at Melkote in Karnataka, India

Communities can conserve forests and make a living out of it. Then why is the government playing spoilsport?

Mangarbani is a large sacred grove where some of the original vegetation of the Aravalli is still intact, protected by villagers, but now increasingly threatened.

The Baiga adivasis of central India have mobilised to reclaim their rights over forests they have traditionally used.

A historical description of the Navdanya Seed Conservation Farm and University in Dehradun