Year of electors
In 2018, close to half of the world's population will vote for their governments
'I am a farmer about to commit suicide. Can you help me? My Aadhaar number is...'
Psychologists are now intervening to help distressed farmers
Himachal's farm success story at risk of going awry
Controlled-atmosphere farming shows a way of bucking agrarian crisis
Will diesel subsidy help farmers tide over drought?
Monsoon deficit spikes rural job demand under MGNREGS
Job demands in some states higher than recorded in COVID-19 pandemic
New land acquisition bill will aggravate farmers' distress: legal experts
Haryana hurdle: Paddy procurement season on, but farmers have no buyers
Crop moisture to logistics, government officials rejecting paddy, claimed farmers
101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha?
Most suicides among orchard farmers, say observers
State of farmers' protests
Farmer protests continue to be at the centre stage with farmers in at least 15 states taking to the streets. There are three broad reasons for …
The countdown begins
Irrespective of being left or right in orientation, the next elections will be about rural issues
More than 400,000 farmers to protest at Ramlila Maidan
On September 5, the Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally will start a march towards the Parliament with a list of demands regarding protection for …
Simply Put: What makes farmers so firm in protest
Thousands of farmers have thronged the borders of Delhi to have their say against laws that would affect their lives and livelihood.
In 4 years, farmers’ income has increased by just Rs 2,505 per month: NABARD report
Although the average farm income per month saw a rise in the last four years, it is still not enough to help farmers cope with the current …
State of India's farmers: Lost crops, lost resources, lost lives
After much delay, the Centre reluctantly released the data on farmer suicide. While the overall numbers have dipped, farmer suicide cases are …
NDA trounces agrarian crisis to win rural areas
Despite the rural hinterland being in the throes of agrarian distress, the incumbent coalition has won handsomely in these very areas
You may pay a steep price but does the farmer make any money?
A farming household of five earns Rs 221/day, less than a person’s daily minimum wage
Decolonising the ‘idea of the farmer’ through the eyes of Munshi Premchand
A critical analysis of the Hindi author’s stories can help policymakers empathically tear into the cobweb that has the Indian farmer …
Drought but why: How poverty is aggravated
Study shows during drought years in Rajasthan, the vulnerability of rural households to poverty increases
Two seasons of separation and a deep political desperation
It feels good that agriculture features high in political discourse but, again, it is misdirected
Economic stimulus package on Day 3 a repetition of budget: Experts
The announcement included some major policy shifts that may have far-reaching consequences
Telangana farmers in trouble after unseasonal rains destroy crops
Most districts of the state registered a huge rainfall excess in September, which affected paddy, maize and cotton crops
Hailstorms, unseasonal rains damaged 4.76 lakh hectares of crop in February
Around 300,000 hectares of crops like jowar, gram, wheat and horticulture crops like orange, grapes, bananas and vegetables were damaged in …
Point of no agri-returns Part 2: Every year, farmers lose Rs 63,000 crore for not being able to sell their produce
That explains why agrarian riots have increased by over 600 per cent in the last three years
Farmers don’t commit suicide, they make sacrifice
In India, 34 farmers commit suicide every day; but the question is what drives them to do it?
June-August dry spell, heavy September rain signs of climate change: Odisha experts
Erratic rainfall, floods, water-logging, cyclones and sea erosion are factors that make Odisha a state highly exposed to climate change,…