बजट 2020-21: ऐसे कैसे दोगुनी होगी किसान की आमदनी?
पिछले वर्ष सरकार ने प्रधानमंत्री किसान सम्मान योजना के तहत 75 हजार करोड़ रुपए का बजट घोषित किया था, लेकिन खर्च किए 54 हजार ...
Budget 2020-21: Experts hope for more funds to boost farm income
They also hope money will be given for irrigation facilities as well as for women and tenant farmers
Local govts must be empowered to act against desertification: Developing nations
Lack of power devolution between state and local governments exacerbates the problem of degradation, say experts
गाय संकट-1: गुपचुप तरीके से नेपाल भेजे जा रहे हैं मवेशी
गोरक्षा और व्यापार पर प्रतिबंध के कारण उत्तर प्रदेश की सीमा पर रहने वाले किसान अपने आवारा पशुओं को नेपाल के गांवों में पहुंचा ...
Dairy units in India turn to cheaper alternatives
This strikes a blow to small farmers as they don't get a fair price for their produce since the market is flooded with cheaper options
Students in government schools consume more vegetables in Delhi-NCR: study
In government schools, students consumed 250 gm of vegetables compared to 230 gm consumed by students in private schools
Crop burning: Haryana farmers to launch a state-wide protest
This step comes after several village-level protests demanding better management of crop residue went unheard
It may take at least 25 years to double farmers’ income: study
A soon-to-be-released study reconfirms deep agrarian crisis showing stagnancy in farm income in most states
Bundelkhand’s goats dying due to mysterious disease
The animals are the only hope of livelihood for the region’s drought-affected farmers
Creation of water harvesting structures: Will the Centre achieve the target?
The Centre has announced the construction of half a million dug wells and farm ponds to tackle drought
Unkindest cut of all
The Union government's health budget hack is pushing Maharashtra back into the malnutrition trap
Debate: Has economic liberalisation threatened India’s environment and natural resources?
The inaugural issue of Down To Earth (May 31, 1992) coincided with India opening up its economy. We carried a debate on how economic …
The first wave of African migrants leaving Malkangiri, Odisha—their ancestral region—in search of livelihood
The story of one of the oldest tribes in the world is now taking a new turn
India to import 3 mln tonnes of pulses in 2020-21
Import could lower prices of domestic pulses, increasing losses to farmers
Chhattisgarh assembly election results: Broken promises cost Raman Singh dear
The BJP CM went back on his 2013 campaign promise to raise paddy price
Fall Armyworm detected on sugarcane crops in Tamil Nadu
Worm found in four sugarcane fields in the districts of Erode and Karur
Government denies demonetisation affected agriculture
Denial comes after agriculture ministry tells Parliament panel cash crunch hurt farmers
Unseasonal rainfall damages Rabi crops for seventh consecutive season
Primary estimate puts crop loss at around 10-15 per cent till now
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 …
Huge protest in Jharkhand against cash transfer scheme
People want Direct Benefit Transfer system to be replaced with old practice of getting rice at Re 1/kg at the ration shop
Widow starves to death in Jharkhand after being deprived of Aadhaar-linked benefits
Investigation reveals how bank account was opened under a dead person's name and Aadhaar-linked benefits were transferred to that account
Why is Karnataka protesting change in definition of drought?
New norms for declaring drought are too stringent to be practical and are indicative of Centre’s intention to pass on the financial burden …
Low food inflation is bad news for farmers
Prices of some vegetables plummeted by 60 per cent between July 2016 and April 2017, further aggravating agrarian crisis
Again, Centre puts on hold decision on bringing parity in MGNREGA, minimum wages
Finance Ministry has said that such parity is not possible as it would involve an additional burden of around Rs 10,000 crore on the exchequer
Nagaland tribal bodies are protesting reservation for women in local bodies
Women’s rights activists say that it shows the unwillingness of tribal bodies to share power