Poor no longer moving to higher income bracket: Pronab Sen

Pronab Sen, former chief statistician of India and current programme director of the International Growth Centre’s India Programme, speaks …

Researchers study behavioural aspect of farmer suicides

One of the major causes behind suicidal intent is depression, experts find while studying cases in Punjab, Telangana and Maharashtra

As told to Parliament (June 25, 2019): Fewer claim settlements didn't affect farmers

All that was discussed in the House through the day

New mobile app launched to assist farmers

The application called Meghdoot would be available for 150 districts in different parts of the country

Will Punjab and Haryana HC’s recommendations reduce farmers’ burden?

The court’s suggestions, like making MSP a legal right and increasing it to thrice the cost of production, are practical but need effort in …

‘Accelerating exodus from farming key to achieve target of doubling income’

To double farmers’ income reduce the number of farmers, suggest policy makers

Haryana tries to dissuade farmers from growing paddy, most remain sceptical

The problem started when the government encouraged the cultivation of rice under the Green Revolution in the 1960s

Digital solutions could be key to end hunger in Africa: Report

Digitalisation for agriculture can increase agricultural output, raise employment opportunities

Blazing India: Bihar’s poor slog and suffer the most

Daily wage labourers, roadside vendors and farmers in the state take the heat

Blazing India: Labourers, farmers struggle most to live, earn

A new set of victims are people in hilly regions areas who are not prepared for such high temperatures

Andhra Pradesh, Haryana try to ease farmer distress with some cash

Jaganmohan Reddy govt fulfills electoral promise; ML Khattar govt announces cash assistance in run up to state polls

Agrarian crisis one of the biggest challenges for new govt

Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest challenge. Whoever can manage water can claim to be Indian agriculture&…

Sunaina Rawat and the dilemma of Bharat

The new government has to focus on the rural population, their aspirations and the economy

Why Punjab needs to revisit land reforms and hike farm subsidies

Study points out the disparity in the income and consumption expenditure between agricultural labourers, marginal, small and semi-medium farmers …

Rare takes on the year just passing by

Being a Down To Earth reporter entails merging the personal with the professional. The magazine you so dearly own has a fascinating world hidden …

No basic facilities, no vote, say residents of 160 villages

Lack of facilities like electricity, water and roads makes villagers in 14 states boycott the Lok Sabha elections

'I am a farmer about to commit suicide. Can you help me? My Aadhaar number is...'

Psychologists are now intervening to help distressed farmers

Why are Wayanad tribals, farmers wary of poll promises?

It seems that tribal leaders, farmers and environmentalists are not impressed with Rahul Gandhi contesting from their constituency

The wise debate

As the world debates the effectiveness of industrialised agriculture, the good-old small farmer emerges victorious

Is doubling India’s farmers’ income doable?

Science, technology and new knowledge can play crucial roles in supporting livelihoods for the vulnerable. Identifying right kind of tech support …

Maharashtra rejects more agri insurance claims even as farm suicides double

No data on suicides across India since 2015; number of claim rejections far exceeded number of cases approved in 2016-18

Drought, but why: Area under cultivation has halved in Andhra Pradesh's Ananthapuramu

Decades of deficit rainfall, monoculture in agriculture and perpetually mounting farmer debts have left the district in the lurch

'Pressure from banks pushes farmers to commit suicide'

One year since the Maharashtra farmer protests, Down To Earth speaks to Raghunath Dada Patil on the deepening crisis

Jharkhand’s success story of fruit plantation under MGNREGA

The state’s experience in horticulture orchards can serve as a model for the country

Interim Budget 2019: Farmer leaders criticise PM Kisan Samman Nidhi

Say it adds insult to the injury of farmers