'It is cheaper to ride motorbikes than take buses in Indian cities'
Poor hit the most hit by an inaccessible public transport system, says India Exclusion Report 2018-19
Loopholes galore in implementation of PM-Kisan
The major drawback in the scheme is its design, which has deprived farmers from reaping the benefits it promised
In poll-bound MP, Rajasthan, the cow finds space in manifestos, not cowsheds
Farmers are leaving their cattle and cowsheds are in a pitiable condition but they hardly figure in political parties' poll promises
PMFBY needs urgent repair: government study
A recent assessment of the flagship agriculture scheme says that PMFBY needs to favour farmers, not insurance companies that make super …
क्या है प्रधानमंत्री फसल बीमा योजना?
किसानों को जोखिम से बचाने के लिए केंद्र सरकार ने प्रधानमंत्री फसल बीमा योजना शुरू की है। जानते हैं इससे जुड़े 10 अहम सवालों ...
Relief for meat, leather traders as Supreme Court stays Centre’s ban on cattle slaughter
The Centre will revise the rules on cattle trade by August after getting inputs from states
UNCCD CoP 14: 'Public-private partnership can help restore degraded lands'
Private players have skills to bring innovative technology which can help transform land, according to business leaders
MGNREGA causing labour crisis: RBI
Rural households in six states said they prefer working under MGNREGA rather than traditional labour, leading to an agricultural labour crisis
MSP on crops has major impact on inflation: RBI
After government said that it will provide 1.5 times the MSP on cost of production of crops in the 2018-19 Union budget, RBI re-assessed the …
जलशक्ति अभियान की हकीकत: मध्यप्रदेश के राजगढ़ की दारुण तस्वीर
जलशक्ति अभियान के तहत कोई फंड नहीं मिला, हमने मनरेगा के जरिये काम कराया: जिला अधिकारी
It is official: Unemployment rate in rural, urban India highest in 47 years
Joblessness cuts across various demographic groups, says official report
India’s Cow Crisis Part 4: The stigma of Mewat
How this backward district in Haryana has borne the brunt of stringent cow-related laws
Crop burning: Why are Punjab farmers defying government ban
Farmers struggle to decompose paddy straw in absence of adequate machines
India second most unequal region in wealth distribution: report
India’s 10 per cent rich share 55 per cent of the national income, making it the second most unequal region after the Middle East
बंपर उत्पादन बना मुसीबत
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Madhya Pradesh's call to bamboo investors reignites debate over forest access
Agreements for planting bamboo over 36,000 sq km of forestland take away the rights of the community, say forest rights activists
जलशक्ति अभियान की हकीकत: खेत की मेढ़ों से पानी की किल्लत दूर कर रहे महोबा के किसान
उत्तरप्रदेश का महोबा जिला बुंदेलखंड इलाके में शामिल है जहां पानी की काफी किल्लत है। इसे दूर करने के लिए प्रशासन और नागरिकों ने ...
Goats, sheep drive India’s livestock numbers
The number of camels, pigs, donkeys, horses, mules, ponies and indigenous cattle breeds has drastically declined
Farmers threaten to block essential supplies across India over RCEP
Farmer organisations burnt the effigy of Union minister Piyush Goyal at Jantar Mantar and called for protests across India in the coming days …
सतत विकास के लक्ष्यों को हासिल करने के लिए निजी क्षेत्र से छुटकारा जरूरी: रिपोर्ट
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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
India's Cow Crisis Part 1: Nepal bears the brunt of India's cow vigilantism
Hounded by cow vigilantes and trade restrictions, farmers in Uttar Pradesh's border areas abandon their unproductive cattle in Nepalese villages …
Crop burning: Small farmers left in lurch as machines favour big landholders
Even those who choose to grow crops other than wheat do not find suitable machines to handle residue
Farmers and smartphone politics
Can pre-poll sops like giving smart phones with internet connectivity to farmers increase farm income?
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 …