Amrit kaal for adivasis? Union Budget 2023-24 weakens safety nets for tribals

Schemes for food security, child welfare, employment guarantee for tribals saw shrinking of funds

Sealed Nepal border, reverse migration puts villagers in Bihar's border town in a spot

The farmers in flood-prone villages lost access to a more lucrative market in Nepal, resort to distress sales to cut losses 

Chhattisgarh’s Godhan Nyay: How it aims to revive rural economy, organic farming

A significant number of beneficiaries of the scheme are women and from backward community. Balod, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur and Rajnadgaon districts …

Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India

Frost-like conditions occur every year, but an episode like this happens once in three or four years

Every 4th suicide in 2019 by daily wage earners: NCRB

National Crime Records Bureau report shows 2/3 of those who died by suicides earned less than Rs 278 a day

Jharkhand: Farmers wait through the night to apply for drought relief scheme

Server glitches mar application process for compensation scheme announced by state government

Why Punjab stands to lose from farmers’ produce trade and commerce ordinance

Instead of putting Punjab farmers at the mercy of big corporates and private players, there is a need to strengthen existing infrastructure 

Union Budget 2023: Foundation for sustainable farming is missing in India

Ambitious initiatives for farmers are promising but transition to sustainable agriculture requires healthy soil and inputs

COVID-19: Augmenting farmer access to long-term credit

Failing to protect farmers amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic can worsen India’s agrarian distress.

Delhi Chalo: Amid police face-off, farmers keep up the march

The ‘Delhi Chalo’ (Onward to Delhi) agitation began November 26, 2020, as thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and …