-Hindustan Times DSR ‘tar-wattar’ (good soil moisture), a low-cost mechanical sowing technique to reduce water footprint in the cultivation of water-guzzling rice by 20%, was indigenously developed by scientists of Ludhiana-based Punjab Agricultural University BATHINDA: As farmers are expecting a sharp rise in farm Labourers’ demand to charge up to ₹6,000 per acre for paddy sowing this season, direct seeding of rice (DSR), which for the first time comes with an incentive...
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Labour Day brings no hope for 1 lakh workers employed in Aligarh’s lock industry -Pradeep Saxena
-The Pioneer Aligarh: The observance of May 1 as Labour Day brings no hope for betterment to about 1 lakh Labourers employed in Aligarh’s lock and hardware units when seminars, conferences and rallies were organized in different parts of the city to mark Labour Day. Getting education for their children aged 8 to 14 years is a mirage. For earning little sums, they pay a heavy price in terms of their...
More »Migrants’ livelihoods during the pandemic: Challenges and opportunities -Dr. Janvi Gandhi Kanakia and others
-Leaflet.in Informal migrant workers in metropolitan cities of India have faced multiple forms of vulnerabilities in the last two years of the pandemic. Linkages across schemes for such workers are absolutely critical to creating a social security net that protects them from falling into similar cycles of poverty and destitution during macro and micro economic distresses. ON the occasion of International Labour Day, or ‘May Day’, we explore the dimensions of vulnerabilities...
More »Black in business: Kadaknath farming transforming lives -Anuraag Singh
-The New Indian Express Poultry farming of this protein-rich black chicken paying rich dividends, reports Anuraag Singh MADHYA PRADESH: In many parts of the country, the colour black has been considered inauspicious. But in the forests of western Madhya Pradesh’s tribal-dominated Bheelanchal region, the same colour is ushering in fortune and prosperity in the lives of people who were once forced to work as Labourers in adjoining Gujarat. Welcome to Jhabua, Alirajpur and...
More »Arhtiyas, mandi Labourers in Haryana stare losses due poor yield -Neeraj Mohan
-Hindustan Times After farmers, now arhtiyas and mandi Labourers of Haryana are staring at huge losses caused by the poor wheat yield this harvesting season Karnal: After farmers, now arhtiyas and mandi Labourers of Haryana are staring at huge losses caused by the poor wheat yield this harvesting season. The poor arrival in mandis is going to affect the income of the arhtiyas and Labourers by 30-40% as their earnings are based on...
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