Reportage “The dairy and livestock sectors will help farmers increase their income – it may not just double, it can go up three times” Amul, founded 73 years ago, is an institution that belongs to 36 lakh farmer families of Gujarat, said its managing...
Reportage “Do we refill the cylinders or feed ourselves?” While announcing the Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 1,118 crore to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana — a...
Reportage The budget has brought little cheer to the traditional and small-scale fishers In the recent Union Budget, Nirmala Sitharaman, the finance minister has proposed to increase India’s annual fish production to 20...
Reportage Enrollment of girls for higher studies has increased, but there’s more to cheer about education The percentage of those in the 18-24 age group enrolling for higher education has more than doubled since 2005-06. The...
Reportage Our godowns are full. Where are we going to keep our stock until the new ones are built? By April 2020, India will have two-and-half-times more wheat and rice stock than required and our godowns are almost full...
Reportage Scientists develop an integrated process to extract biofertilizer from human hair Every year, about 300,000 tons of human hair is treated as waste. Its accumulation in waste streams poses serious environmental...
Reportage Of the 600-plus air quality monitoring stations set up across India, there are none in rural areas Everyone is talking about air pollution, but how much do we really know about it … especially the rural India?...
Reportage The government allocates a budget of Rs 3,000 cr for the ambitious ‘Skill India’ programme Considering the entrepreneurship skills of youngsters, FM has proposed an Investment Clearance Cell that will provide “end to end” facilitation...
Reportage FM proposes to spend Rs 3,000 cr on skill development, the education sector gets Rs 99,300 cr The government has launched a very focused safe water and a comprehensive sanitation program to support its health vision. The...
Reportage Women, backward classes and manual scavengers … they got their share too, in this Budget While the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ initiative has yielded tremendous results, more than six lakh Anganwadi workers have helped in...
