Simply Put: Land animal without land

Use revenue-sharing model for development, land acquisition

Access to village commons improved livelihoods but some recent state policies seek to grab them

Simply Put: The Polavaram paradox

At rainbow's end

SONA MATTI (with English subtitles)- 40 min. 16 mm Sehjo Singh

Collective response: Group farming helps small, landless farmers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Putting a new twist to an idea can provide a much-needed cushion to India’s bottom-of-the-pyramid farmers in trying times

Women's tales

THE HIDDEN STORY: A QUEST FOR WOMEN'S UNRECORDED HISTORY Shikhajhjngan and Ranjani Mazumdat Duration 58 minutes Betacam Institution, Rs ION / us $…

As told to Parliament (February 3, 2023): No record of number of landless agricultural labourers in India

No specific census of migrant, other landless farmers has been conducted in the country, Rajya Sabha told

Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Dalit votes matter, but what about their issues

Punjab’s political parties have hardly focussed on addressing issues of the state’s landless rural Dalits and the cateism the …

How the Bill took shape

Champaran Satyagraha continues

A century ago, Gandhi tested the idea of satyagraha to fight for indigo farmers. While the crop is seeing a revival in the south, Champaran is in …

Consolidation against commoners

After land consolidation was introduced, the landless poor and agricultural labourers, who depended on common resources, faced tremendous problems

Land is not less

Thanks to state apathy, tribals of Kerala are landless

Farmers shrink, labourers swell

Displacement, lack of jobs main reasons behind increase in farm labour

Where’s Bhoodan Land?

As told to Parliament (February 10, 2023): Smriti Irani says her ministry ‘unaware’ of CSE report on malnutrition deaths

The report by Centre for Science & Environment and DTE shows over 1.7 million Indians die every year due to poor diet

Building dreams for homeless

Government promises land to the homeless in its draft Homestead Bill, but where’s the land?

A compromised consensus

Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?

No land, no money

An Act meant to financially help tenant farmers of suicide-prone Andhra has failed them

Movement for worse

The marginalised from Western Odisha who migrate out of the state lead difficult lives

History matters

The Forest Rights Act augurs differently for two tribal communities in Kerala

Help Kerala’s rubber sector recover from crisis, urges state finance minister

In the run up to Union Budget 2015, M Suchitra speaks to Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani to draw up a list of the state’s expectations …

An open problem

Ghana's failure to fight open defecation is an ominous sign for Africa

BPL's dividing line

Government undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line

Born at 44

Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart

Is new land bill up to mark?

Draft land bill proposes higher compensation for land acquisitions, but complaints persist