Building dreams for homeless

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

Miles to go

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

Ministers fail to reach consensus on R&R policy

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

Landless poor march to Delhi. Then what?

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  

Landless people encroach upon private estate in Kerala

Nagpur plots pro-poor plan to help land grabbers

Labour exit

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

No substance in budget's agriculture hype

Shut and opened

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 

Remembering Kalinganagar - Will cheap and dirty industrialization work?

Red said go

West Bengal's Left Front government is all set to displace farmers

SUBSIDISED KILLING

They may survive the drought. But they cannot survive government policies. When people have to abandon their livestock, they are reduced to misery,…

Naxalism works

A march to highlight land struggles in India

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

Fissures in West Bengal's Left government over land acquisition