As 2022 draws to a close, check Gaon Connection’s most read stories this year

News reports on COVID-19 vaccine for animals, measures to reduce the incidence of snakebite-related deaths and angry farmers destroying their...

Signing off from 2022

Thinking of it, while 2022 has been like any other year before it, it has also been like none other...

Financial frauds rise in rural India as the internet moves deeper into villages

The internet has penetrated deep into the Indian hinterland and of the 646 million active internet users, 352 million are...

The Long Wait: 16 years on, only 50% claims settled under the Forest Rights Act

On December 14, data tabled by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs in Rajya Sabha showed that at a national...

Rural areas to benefit on priority as UP plans to set up 18 ‘solar cities’

In order to address the rising demand for electricity in the next five years, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...

2 murders, 22 months, 1 court proceeding — families of deceased Dalit cousins in Unnao still await justice

On February 17, 2021, three minor Dalit girls in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh were allegedly poisoned. Two of them died while...

On its 10th anniversary, Gaon Connection releases a unique compendium — 50 Success Stories of Rural Women in the Pandemic

The 250-page free-to-download e-book is a collection of stories of extraordinary courage, grit and determination of village women who stood...

AgriTech and 25 Million Smallholder Farms — The Immense Opportunity

India has 25 million smallholder farmer households. These cultivators are faced with climatic, informational, financial challenges. AgriTech players are pioneering...

Madhya Pradesh: Protesting tribal farmers stop construction of Runj dam; demand compensation

Runj medium irrigation project in Panna district is in the eye of the storm as project affected villages, majority of...

Kharif paddy lost to drought, no resources to sow rabi wheat, say farmers in Jharkhand

This year, drought in 22 out of 24 districts in Jharkhand was so distressing that hundreds of thousands of farmers...