India

According to the Indian government, 54.6% of its population worked in the agricultural sector in 2011. 52% of these people have no means of irrigation, and are dependent on rain-fed agriculture,…

A new project will help farmers increase their income as well as store carbon in their soil. Starting with 20 farmers in two districts of Maharashtra state in India, the…

I was walking with a young leader of an Indian civic engagement organisation last week, when he shared a perspective that stayed with me.He said, “Sometimes, society believes its role is solely to resist ……

S M Sehgal Foundation was founded in 1999 by visionary entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Dr. Suri Sehgal and his wife Edda Sehgal. The foundation promotes sustainable rural development that respects human…

India is among the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, but its Indigenous languages have been marginalized—along with those who speak them.

Emerging trends and approaches in volunteering reveal how nonprofits can help foster a strong volunteering ecosystem in India.

Renewable energy holds health, environmental, and entrepreneurial benefits for communities with poor access to power.

How rural women are unbraiding borders to reclaim power in agrarian India…

In this interview with IDR, Abha Thorat Shah, a founding member of BAT and the head of its Social Finance portfolio for South Asia, and Saleem Khan, India Director of…

The lack of interventions around women’s land rights in India points to the need for equipping community-based organisations to handle such work.

Security guards, safai karamcharis, and waste pickers who spend a majority of their work hours outdoors are at a higher risk of lung diseases. Here’s how this can be addressed.

Today, much of the social development sector in India appears to be engaged with discussions around scale. The debate is likely to intensify further, as there seems to be little clarity…