-TheWire.in New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Rajasthan government regarding the painting of “I am poor” by state officials on the walls of at least 50,000 houses of families who are below the poverty line (BPL), reported the Hindu. According to media reports, on June 22, BPL families in Sikrai and Bandikui tehsils who received subsidised food grains were asked by local authorities to paint...
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Kharif planting: Farmers reduce area under pulses -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Farmers across the country choose cotton and sugarcane over rain-fed pulses like arhar and moong which saw a collapse in their wholesale prices in 2016-17, shows data New Delhi: Following a collapse in wholesale prices of rain-fed pulses like arhar and moong over the past six months, farmers across India have reduced planting of these varieties, data on Kharif sowing released by the agriculture ministry on Friday shows. Simultaneously, farmers have...
More »Four years after Uttarakhand tragedy: Eight psychiatrists for over 1 crore people, many fighting mental trauma -Kavita Upadhyay
-The Indian Express Four years after the tragedy, The Indian Express visited at least 15 disaster-hit villages and towns near Kedarnath, where a majority of the population lives under severe psychological trauma. What makes it worse is the near breakdown of the state’s mental health infrastructure. Kalimath Valley (Gaurikund): On June 12, the search for 23-year-old Prahlad Singh ended. Villagers found him tightening a rope around his neck. “He was about to...
More »Farmer protests: Over-reliance on a single crop has cost them dear -Mihir Shah
-Hindustan Times India needs a paradigm shift in agriculture for economic and ecological sustainability Whenever flashpoints are reached, such as the current farmers’ agitation, there is a clamour for immediate palliatives. This is understandable, as those in acute distress need relief. But what we must not overlook are the profound possibilities of reform that such crises open up. Take Madhya Pradesh (MP), the epicentre of the agitation, which best exemplifies the required...
More »Farmer suicides: 70% of India's farm families spend more than they earn -Devanik Saha
-IndiaSpend.org The failing economics of such farms–agricultural households in the south are most indebted–are exacerbated by additional loans that families take to meet health issues, leaving them with diminished ability to invest in farming. Nearly 70% of India’s 90 million agricultural households spend more than they earn on average each month, pushing them towards debt, which is now the primary reason in more than half of all suicides by farmers nationwide,...
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