-Down to Earth A significant number of beneficiaries of the scheme are women and from backward community. Balod, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur and Rajnadgaon districts have taken the lead in implementation The new Godhan Nyay scheme by the Chhattisgarh government — advertised as revolutionary — was launched July 2020 in the backdrop of the state’s flagship ‘Naruva-Garuva-Ghuruva-Badi’ programme. Naruva means a seasonal or perennial stream, garuva means animal husbandry, ghuruva means composting and badi...
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To resolve the agrarian crisis, there is need for more public investment in Agriculture, remunerative prices, and land reforms, among other things, say experts and activists during the Janata Parliament
-Press release by Jan Sarokar, dated 19th August, 2020 The Agriculture session of the Janta Parliament was held earlier today. Please click here to acccess the press release related to the online session on Agriculture that was held on 19th August, 2020. Please click here to watch the recorded session. In the session on Agriculture, the speakers included Hannah Mollah from the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), Prof R Ramakumar from the...
More »Flatten Chambal ravines for farming? Why the ambitious plan may struggle -Sanjeeb Mukherjee & Ramveer Singh Gurjar
-Business Standard Union Agriculture minister is of the view that 300,000 hectares of rugged land is not cultivable, which if improved will help in the integrated development of the Bihad area Kamprakash Kansana from Nayakpura village in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh is apprehensive about the latest government move to flatten the Chambal ravines that lie close to his village to make them suitable for farming. The ravines, locally called, 'Bihad', which were...
More »Why farmers are not cheering their exceptional feat this kharif season -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Highest rice acreage in six years, more farmers in farms, a bounty monsoon and an expected bumper harvest don't enthuse farmers as their earning dips It is a piece of news that everybody would love to cheer about, except those who made this possible. The current kharif season is exceptional. In comparison to last year, over eight million more hectares of farms are under cultivation this season. There are more...
More »COVID-19 Impact: 41 Lakh Youth Lost Jobs in India, Says ILO-ADB Report
-TheWire.in/ PTI The young people's employment prospects in Asia and the Pacific are severely challenged due to the pandemic, the report found. New Delhi: As many as 41 lakh youth in the country lost jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic while construction and farm sector workers account for the majority of job losses, according to a joint report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). “For India, the...
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