Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh poorest in the country: Global report

About 76.5 per cent of the people in the district are poor

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 …

Rural youth population rising in agriculturally rich areas, but …

A new, global report explains why unemployment rate among rural men and women has tripled since 2011-12

A waiver to common sense

Kalam's kaleidoscpoe

Intellectualising poverty

Technology for the poor

Wasteland maps can help frame poverty alleviation programmes

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ग्रामीण युवाओं पर जारी एक नई वैश्विक रिपोर्ट में कहा गय�…

Deforestation rate slowed down: FAO

The pace of loss of forests has slowed in recent years even though the world’s forest area decreased from 31% to 30% between 1990 and 2015

Most poor people in Asia-Pacific region live in rural areas

Countries in the region have not been able to address rural poverty despite economic growth, says an IFAD report

Employment plan

Why Dashrath Manjhi’s feat should be celebrated more than Pichai’s and Nadella’s

A cynical comparison between two unequal worlds

Theatre new engagement for Vidarbha folks

Report places rural transformation at the heart of economic development

IFAD report bats for emphasis on agriculture and employment to reduce rural poverty

Farmers demand law for guaranteed income

Participants voice concern on drought, farmers' suicide and water conservation, among other issues

Government quells homestead land rights protest with yet another assurance

Activists have been demanding that the land reforms Bill be brought in Parliament since 2012

Containing a virus

The forgotten class

Middle class-driven anti-corruption campaign does not acknowledge the poor

'Indian elections will always be unpredictable'

For 25 years, economist Ruchir Sharma has travelled the length and breadth of India analysing voting paterns, sociological landscapes and nuances …

MGNREGS: ‘Monument of failure’ or ‘saviour’?

On the 10th anniversary of the rural job guarantee scheme, Down To Earth evaluates its successes and drawbacks

Why this abandoned village is a threat to Uttarakhand

People are abandoning their villages despite high economic growth, leaving behind few, who find it difficult to continue farming without …

Migration should be out of choice, not a desperate last resort: FAO head

Large-scale cross-border movements in recent years have sparked tensions in some countries, placing migration high on the diplomatic agenda

Life after hail

Ideas India

The book celebrates bold enterprises of ordinary Indians

`Family farming is not a romantic idea. It is business'

The food price rise of 2007-08 highlighted that investments in the agriculture sector have reduced in the past three decades. One of the most …

Job growth statistics conceal agrarian crisis