India is producing less coffee. Here's why
Extreme weather events in August 2018 in coffee producing areas of Kerala and Karnataka led to a dip of around 20 per cent in the total coffee …
Civil society asks Karnataka govt to cut ties with Akshay Patra
The non-profit, a wing of ISKCON, has been accused of not providing onions, garlic and eggs in the mid-day meals that it supplies for school children
Climate change in India: Mountains play hocus-focus in Himachal Pradesh
Climate change has reduced grass cover, forcing nomadic communities in the state to alter their age-old tour patterns and profession
Hike in wheat MSP unlikely to help distressed farmers
The recent hike in Minimum Support Price on wheat will still not meet the Centre’s promise to ensure MSP 50 per cent higher than the cost …
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
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
Is government manipulating agriculture data?
Government’s policy decisions and ground reports are in conflict with official data on sowing, production and agriculture insurance
42% of India’s districts use 85% of its chemical fertilisers
A parliamentary standing committee blamed Agriculture Ministry’s skewed policy for the inequality in fertiliser usage
Children worst sufferers in drought-hit areas, says Satyarthi
According to the Nobel Laureate, 163 million children are living in severe drought-affected areas of the country
Will it rain?
As states across India are reeling from drought, for the first time, a 24x7 call centre in Karnataka informs farmers about weather conditions, …
India to bid adieu to Five Year Plans
The country will still have Plan documents but they would not adhere to a five year time period
Three villages get land rights 38 years after being displaced by Tehri dam
The villages are now officially recognised and have been renamed as Tehri Bhagirathi Nagar, Ghonti Village and Chhaam
Whitefly lesson
A few villages in Haryana successfully grow cotton amid widespread destruction of the crop by whitefly in the region
Locust attack: Govt caught completely unawares, minister admits
Instead of taking accountability, Rajasthan, Centre, blame each other, Pakistan
Locust attack: Swarms pose most serious threat since 1993
Area measuring 370,000 hectares in Gujarat and Rajasthan affected
SC okays Monsanto’s patent claim over Bt cotton
The agri-business giant earlier had a setback at Delhi high court
Coca-Cola has closed 20 per cent of its bottling plants in India: Report
Community protests and a worsening ground water condition mainly led to the closure
Budget attempts to provide relief to drought-hit farmers
But boost in agriculture budget not enough, say experts
Frequency of polio vaccination linked to paralysis: study
The number of cases of non-polio acute flaccid paralysis increased from 7,260 in 2000 to 59,462 in 2012, says a study
Gond tribals, Madhya Pradesh government fight for 4000 hectares of land
Two government departments and landless people are locked in a legal battle over 4,000 ha in Madhya Pradesh whose outcome would have countrywide …
Punctured cover: India's crop insurance scheme loses sheen
Insurers withdraw from Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana as extreme weather events spike claim rates resulting in heavy losses
Karnataka coffee farmers selling estates, killing themselves: Report
Market prices, erratic weather and increasing input costs are making coffee cultivation unviable, it notes