Fate of the 65-year-old National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj on the outskirts of Hyderabad hangs in the balance after the Centre announced its disengagement and halted grants, leaving over 600 staff and their families in a limbo. Ravi Reddy examines the abrupt funding cut and potential dismantling of an institution that has transformed thousands of lives through its rural employment and development programmes
Fate of the 65-year-old National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj on the outskirts of Hyderabad hangs in the balance after the Centre announced its disengagement and halted grants, leaving over 600 staff and their families in a limbo. Ravi Reddy examines the abrupt funding cut and potential dismantling of an institution that has transformed thousands of lives through its rural employment and development programmes