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Health
India has 0.75 psychiatrists per 100,000 people against a WHO minimum of 3. Tele-MANAS proves the demand exists, DMHP spends less than half its budget, and most insurance policies still don't cover mental illness despite a 2017 law that says they must.
The Narmada is the most-studied river in India's development history. Its dams displaced hundreds of thousands, delivered water to millions, and turned a regional conflict into the country's longest-running argument about who development is for.
Poverty
How 90 million Indian women across 10 million Self-Help Groups built the world’s largest microfinance network through NABARD, DAY-NRLM, and collective savings.
Solutions
Across India, a generation of young innovators is using technology, design thinking, and grassroots organizing to solve problems that governments and large organizations have struggled with for decades. Meet the young Indians building social change from the ground up.
Tier-2 cities such as Jaipur, Indore, Coimbatore and Kochi are seeing fast tech job growth, spreading India's technology workforce beyond the big metros.
Digital India
Indian developers are building open source tools for local problems, from rural governance to education in 22 official languages.
Environment
India faces a severe water crisis, but some states are making progress. This article covers Rajasthan's johads, Tamil Nadu's rainwater harvesting rules and other working local solutions.
Environment
From Rajasthan's Tarun Bharat Sangh reviving five dead rivers to Maharashtra's Paani Foundation mobilizing 7,200 villages, community-led water conservation is transforming drought-prone India. Discover how watershed management, johads, and volunteer shramdaan are restoring groundwater, reversing migration, and building water security from the ground up.
