Labour exit

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

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 …

An open problem

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

Use revenue-sharing model for development, land acquisition

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

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

Simply Put: The Polavaram paradox

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 …

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 

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