-TheWire.in To oppose the forest department’s plan to limit open grazing, the pastoral community is formally pursuing their collective land rights through the Forest Rights Act. The sun has not yet decided to rise. It’s pitch black out but a group of Maldharis has already assembled for the last session of this year’s milking competition. Their massive buffalos are majestically adorned with intricate garlands and colourful necklaces. The panch (group of five...
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Every 3rd Indian migrant, most headed south -Zeeshan Shaikh
-The Indian Express Census 2011 data shows a 98% increase in Tamil Nadu’s migrant population, 77% in Kerala’s; 69% of migrants are women . MIGRATION patterns in India are increasingly reflecting the economic divide in the country, with more migrants over the last decade heading to the southern states, which have grown at a faster clip during this period. According to Census data released on Thursday, southern states, especially Tamil Nadu and Kerala,...
More »Rabi sowing picking up pace despite demonetisation woes
-The Hindu Business Line Acreage, however, a tad lower than last five years’ average New Delhi: Despite demonetisation leading to a cash crunch in the economy, the sowing of Rabi crops in the season so far, at 415.53 lakh hectares, was 8.5 per cent greater than the 382.84 lakh hectares sown in the same period last year. While acreage under wheat, pulses and oilseeds increased compared to the same period last year, rice...
More »Crop insurance plan pays off as 9 lakh farmers enrol under PMFBY in karnataka -Sharan Poovanna
-Livemint.com To increase farmers’ enrolment in the PMFBY, the karnataka government started deducting compulsory insurance premiums for almost all crop loans disbursed Bengaluru: The karnataka government’s initiatives to enrol more farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY)—to ensure continued Central assistance to help mitigate the economic impact of deficient rainfalls and resulting crop damage—seems to have paid off as the number of enrolments in the state during the Kharif...
More »Parched South: Drinking water woes, failed crops force people to migrate -Vikram Gopal
-Hindustan Times Deficient rainfall has led to a severe drought in karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala with 54 out of 76 districts in the three states facing acute water shortage that has left farmers the worst hit. In karnataka, where the northeast monsoon (Oct to Dec) has been 79% deficient, water in major reservoirs is down by half, drinking water is getting scarce and migration has been reported from many villages, government...
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