Development Matters

Youth Volunteers and MDGs towards sustainable development

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:40:47 +0000

Youth Volunteers – An exceptional segment in the society

Youth constitute the most creative and vibrant segment of the society. Youth have a major stake behind the development of natural, economic, and social resources of their communities’ concerned. Voluntary work can be done by any youth with right motivation. What youth needs is a clear understanding [...]

Love blossoms at Karunai Illam

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:20:33 +0000

At the age of 79, most of us will feel lonely, dejected and as if we are disconnected from others in the world. But Jean Watson, an old woman from New Zealand was all the way from New Zealand to a small village called Nilakottai, in Dindukal District, Tamil Nadu during the month of September [...]

Aiming Big through Micro pension

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:12:07 +0000

The public private partnership for sustainable micro-pension system in developing countries since its inception in early 2012 has enrolled already five thousand and more participants in India. This has been ensured through effective collaboration of the Association of Insurers, the Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian partner [...]

Heritage 2012

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:51:44 +0000

‘Into the Past, Onto the Future’, screamed the posters of the first inter-college development management festival organized by Tata-Dhan Academy(TDA), Madurai, called Heritage-2012. The motto of the event was to take urban India to rural Bharat. And it did just that. The inaugural function was simple, yet proud. The stage was decorated with traditional ‘thoranas’. [...]

Dr. Verghese Kurien

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:34:21 +0000

Dr. Verghese Kurien, the brain behind White Revolution expired on 9th Septemeber, 2012. Known has ” Milkman of India” and as “Father of White revolution” , Kurien made India the biggest milk producing country in the world through the scheme ” Operation Flood”. Dairy farming became a largest self-sustaining industry. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing [...]

Plastic Menace

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:31:08 +0000

Throwing a plastic bag into the garbage “I know that I am throwing a plastic bag into the garbage.” That awareness alone helps us protect the Earth, make peace, and take care of life in the present moment and in the future. If we are aware, naturally we will try to use fewer [...]

Vikramangalam

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:58:45 +0000

An 11th century Shiva temple in a remote village Vikramangalam of southern tamilnadu, stands as a symbol of forgotten history. This village is an important Heritage village I Madurai District, situated 25 m west of the city. According to historians the village is an important trade center during the Chola regime and is in the [...]

Climate Change and Food Security

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:25:26 +0000

Climate Change

Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). In its recently released [...]

Major crop output to fall by 0.5 per cent in 2012-13

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:24:20 +0000

Even though the overall agriculture sector is expected to do well in 2012-13, major crop production is projected to fall by 0.5 per cent, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has estimated. This is due to fall out in production of non-food crops like soyabean, cotton and rapeseed. Cotton production is expected to fall by [...]

Herbal gatherers – Maruthi Mooligai Producer Company

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:23:58 +0000

Background

Kalanjiam Thozilagam Limited is an initiative of DHAN Foundation formed with the objective of increasing income of the poor through need and context business interventions. The poor people lack adequate business knowledge and support to start up a business initiative which can greatly enhance their livelihood. KTL plays a crucial role in bridging this gap. It [...]