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

Simply Put: Land animal without land

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

As told to Parliament (December 22, 2022): Around 60% of India prone to earthquakes

Around 11% of India falls in Zone V, which is the most seismically active 

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 …

Simply Put: The Polavaram paradox

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

Use revenue-sharing model for development, land acquisition

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

An open problem

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

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 …

Labour exit

Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat

A march to highlight land struggles in India

Beginning October 2, activists will cover 75,000 km in a year

Inheritance of loss

Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor

How the Bill took shape

History matters

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

BPL's dividing line

Government undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line

Is new land bill up to mark?

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

Towards food security: perspectives from three continents

The Food Insecurity Report 2014, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week, has revealed that one …

Road to disaster

Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …

Letters

At rainbow's end

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

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 $…

Toon book on problems faced by tribals

Inspired by Marx

Slow march to land reform

Expert committee report crawls only after a protest