Environment Reader for Universities
The book is totally based on the UGC syllabus for environmental studies for undergraduates; and it comes to you from CSE, an NGO whose primary …
Why India's poor laugh at anti-corruption campaigns
Indian anti-corruption drives don't factor in the poor, the worst victims of the scourge
How government is subverting Forest Rights Act
Does this official data betray a conspiracy? Only 1.6 per cent of the 2.9 million claims approved under the Forest Rights Act recognise community …
Why farmers now dread a normal monsoon
No major agrarian reform has happened in the 50 years since the Green Revolution. A normal monsoon cannot be assumed as the only incentive for …
चुनावी साल करेगा कमाल
विश्व के करीब 74 देश इस साल अपनी सरकार बनाने के लिए मताधिकार का इस्तेमाल करेंगे। 300 करोड़ मतदाता अपने वोट डालेंगे। इस कारण ...
Climate change disrupts the goal of doubling farmers’ income
According to the just tabled Economic Survey, the government needs to implement “radical” actions to ensure the Prime Minister’…
Point of no agri-returns Part 5: 50,000 dedicated scientists, still, agriculture is an orphan of science
Technologies developed for agricultural purposes are mostly limited to farms around research institutions, says a government report
Only 15% landholders earn 91% of total national income
Income inequality makes agrarian crisis challenging; inequality is worse among farmers than the formal economy
Point of no agri-returns Part 2: Every year, farmers lose Rs 63,000 crore for not being able to sell their produce
That explains why agrarian riots have increased by over 600 per cent in the last three years
Point of no agri-returns Part 1: How India lost its historic agriculture recovery growth phase in just four years
Government reports say 2004-14 had the highest agriculture growth that has fast slipped back to near-zero growth despite normal monsoons and …
Sandalwood moment for cows; Madhya Pradesh’s proposed law will be the last nail for livestock economy
Government's proposal to make abandonment of cows punishable will make it a pariah breed and would fuel widespread black market for trade, just …
Employed but poor
Poverty among employed people underscores the need for a new strategy on job creation
गरीबी की दलदल
हम गरीबी को परंपरागत बनाने की दिशा में आगे बढ़ रहे हैं। यही वजह है कि गरीब परिवार के बच्चों के भी गरीब ही ...
Poverty@25, India@70
Poverty remains conditional to one's social status
1 करोड़ नौकरियों का वादा किसका था?
एनडीए सरकार ने 2001 में यह वादा किया था लेकिन अब वर्तमान सरकार भी नौकरियां सुरक्षित न कर पाने की वही गलती दोहरा रही ...
NITI Aayog wants to hand over micro irrigation to private players
The government policy think tank believes it would take 100 years to exploit the micro irrigation potential with the current programme target and …
Agriculture key to creating jobs in India's largely informal economy
The NDA government is repeating the mistake of the Vajpayee regime by relying on the formal sector for job creation
It is not a drought but a cumulative outcome of decades of policy sins
It is not deficit monsoon, rather the lack of policies and mechanisms to drought-proof susceptible areas that turn the situation into a crisis
Forget 2022, more than 110 million Indians would remain poor forever
The next generation of the current poor Indians has high probability of remaining poor as well. Lack of access to resources like forests and …
India’s criminal wastage: over 10 million works under MGNREGA incomplete or abandoned
Since April 2014, the rate of work completion has been declining at rapid pace, indicating that crucial assets for villages are not getting created
भारत की आपराधिक बर्बादी: मनरेगा के तहत एक करोड़ से अधिक का काम अधूरा
डाउन टू अर्थ का विश्लेषण यह सामने लाता है कि ज्यादातर कार्य उन राज्यों में अपूर्ण हैं, जिनके कई जिलों ने पिछले तीन साल के ...
भारत में आधे बच्चे हैं गरीब
ये बच्चे मूलभूत मानव विकास की जरूरतों से वंचित हैं। यह सर्वेक्षण यह भी बताता है कि बच्चों को केंद्र में रखकर चलाए जा ...
Why I mourn Dussehra: Climate change and death of seasons
People of Odisha have given a clear verdict: from number of seasons to mating habits of birds, they say everything has changed as a result of …
एक सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक बेरोजगारी पर
सत्ता में कोई भी रहे, आतंकवाद की तरह ही बेरोजगारी भी लगातार बढ़ती रही है। जबकि इससे निपटने के लिए हमें सीमा पार करने ...
What is the cost of doubling farmers’ income by 2022?
The farmers have to make an investment of Rs 463 billion in the next five years
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