Is farmer income support a sustainable solution?
Photo by Jeevan Singla Income support to smallholder farmers is similar to palliative measures like ...
The travails of India’s forest dwellers
Photo by Bishnu Sarangi Tribal people who live in and around forests are being continuously pushed b...
Is resettling millions of forest dwellers feasible?
Photo by Saurabh Chatterjee A recent Supreme Court order that will likely lead to the largest ever e...
Income support is healthy tonic for smallholder farmers
Photo by Nithi Anand Instead of farm loan waivers and minimum support price for crops that distort r...
How useful will farmer support be?
Photo by Bishnu Sarangi It will not be easy to optimally deploy the basic income support announced b...
The unending saga of farm distress in India
Photo by Bishnu Sarangi Farmers in India will continue to suffer unless there is a fundamental chang...
Unsafe behavior rampant in the countryside
Photo by Knut-Erik Halle Whether it is a national trait or simply a rural folly, there is a need to ...
Money & manhood: changing gender roles in rural homes
Photo by Michael Foley In times of increasing agrarian stress and uncertain incomes, women in villag...
Blending tribal people into India’s mainstream
Photo by Rajesh Pamnani Efforts to meet the aspirations of India’s tribal population would essenti...
Rural crime and policing in India’s villages
Photo by Pixabay Even as crime in rural India increases, particularly against marginalized communiti...