Reportage|Gaon Connection Survey 80% rural respondents said their work was affected due to the lockdown The recent lockdown created unforeseen havoc affecting millions of Indians. Every class of worker was hit hard – farmers, shopkeepers,...
Reportage Varanasi: Embroidery machines of famed Banarasi sarees are being sold at throwaway prices The embroidery machines used to design Banarasi sarees, originally worth lakhs of rupees, are being sold at throwaway prices.
Reportage Varanasi: COVID-19 lockdown shatters the livelihoods of handloom weavers and traders The livelihoods of weavers of the iconic Banarasi sarees have been completely ruined by the COVID-19 lockdown. The poverty-stricken weavers...
As farmers incur losses, MP government fails to procure moong, urad at MSP The Madhya Pradesh government has neither registered farmers keen to sell moong and urad nor has it procured the products...
Reportage An evening school educating and empowering underprivileged women in Purnia, Bihar Bihar is one of the poorest performing states in India when it comes to literacy rate. At such a time,...
Reportage Maize farmers struggle to secure a fair price; the Centre decides to import maize at a lower rate A notification allowing poultry and starch mills to import 50 lakh quintals maize at an import duty of 15 per...
Reportage Farmers’ dilemma: The MSP has gone up, but the price of diesel has gone up too The government may have increased the MSP to help farmers offset their losses post lockdown, but their input costs are...
Reportage Is the minimum support price scheme helping the farmers, or is at failing them at several levels? A simple math Whenever the government increases the minimum support price of crops, it claims that it is going to benefit the farmers...
Reportage Lockdown and monsoons: A double whammy for Varanasi boatmen These boatmen were not able to earn anything due to the lockdown. Now, for the next few months, they won’t...
Reportage The Banarasi saree industry is losing about Rs 24 crore/day, nearly six lakh weavers badly hit The weavers and traders have incurred huge losses. They feel if effective steps are not taken soon by the government,...
