OUR FOOD This summer, ice apple growers in Odisha make hay while the sun shines To beat the heat and overcome discomfort caused due to the heatwave, people in villages and towns have increased the...
English Photo Feature: The Musahar Community of Varanasi There are habitations of the Musahar community in Chhateri and Tathra villages, two of the 28 villages of the Varanasi...
Gaon Radio, a new initiative by Gaon Connection. Now listen to our stories from rural India This World Environment Day, Gaon Connection has launched Gaon Radio. Now apart from reading and watching our stories, you can...
English Madhya Pradesh: 142 hectares of bare hills at Patna Tamoli village, Panna, are now home to a forest A greening initiative in a small village in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh has become an example of how people can...
English Six in 10 respondents face problems in withdrawing cash under the govt’s Direct Benefit Transfer schemes: Study While the Indian government gives monetary benefits to the rural poor, there are glitches in the system. A recent study...
English Floods and Landslides in Assam: A warning or an opportunity to reorient development? By taking steps to reorient Assam’s development to mainstream climate concerns, the state can heed the warning from the floods...
English They live along the river bank, but have no water to drink – the story of dry Betwa Large portions of the ‘perennial’ Betwa river in Madhya Pradesh are bone dry due to over exploitation of the groundwater...
English Monkeypox: All you need to know The Union health ministry has issued guidelines for management of monkeypox disease that has spread across dozens of countries. What...
English Rural women in Madhya Pradesh replace traders to directly procure agri produce from farmers Over 4,500 women across 52 districts of Madhya Pradesh are part of an initiative to directly procure farm produce from...
IMD forecasts normal monsoon, rainfall in rainfed agriculture regions expected to be above normal As per the country’s apex authority on weather, monsoon rainfall is likely to be well distributed across the country with...
