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Technology

AgriApp: An app for farmers to help them improve crop output

AgriApp allows farmers to explore the latest trends in agriculture, informs them about methodologies involved in selecting and understanding of soil health and specific crops based on the environmental parameters

3 min read20 Apr 2018
Technology

How Janaagraha is helping reshape urban governance through citizen participation

Janaagraha's IChangeMyCity platform enables residents to report problems and further helps the public to determine if and when something has been done to address the problem

4 min read23 Mar 2018
Opinion

The questionable foundation of Aadhaar

Mandatory linking of the public distribution system to Aadhaar has made access to some basic needs, especially ration, even more difficult for some

3 min read2 Mar 2018
Mint-lounge

Diwali special: The joy of sharing

From clothes, food and toys to books and digital devices, our homes are evidence of the lives of excess we lead. Here’s the Lounge guide to decluttering while enriching lives

9 min read17 Oct 2017
Opinion

Information agents with social capital

Equipped with MeraApp, which comes with information on government schemes, the SoochnaPreneurs serve their community with information and digital services

5 min read15 Sep 2017
Politics

How skateboarding brings social change in Madhya Pradesh village

German activist Ulrich Renate Reinhard uses crowdsourcing to empower children, youth in Janwaar village

3 min read14 Sep 2017
Politics

Digital Empowerment Foundation to train 100 women entrepreneurs

Digital Empowerment Foundation seeks to identify and train women entrepreneurs who can eventually set up rural information enterprise units

2 min read4 Aug 2017
Companies

Autorickshaw rides in your pocket with Jugnoo app

Jugnoo app has made commuting easier for over five million people in 36 cities

3 min read20 Apr 2017
Industry

R-Mitra app puts safety first for rail passengers

App can be used to alert the nearest railway station in case of emergencies

4 min read4 Jan 2017
Politics

A campaign to end domestic violence

The Bell Bajao! campaign, rolled out by human rights organization Breakthrough in 2008, was a resounding call to end domestic violence

1 min read15 Sep 2016
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