Despite higher MSP at govt procurement centres, farmers prefer selling paddy to private traders

Against the government’s MSP of Rs 2,040 per quintal of paddy, private traders in Uttar Pradesh offer Rs 1,900 per...

Gaon Connection Impact: District admn seeks report on Birsa Munda’s heritage school; promises action

Gaon Connection’s recent report on the sorry state of the Lutheran Middle School in Chaibasa where Jharkhand’s hero Birsa Munda...

The school in Jharkhand, where Birsa Munda studied, is today in dire straits

On Jharkhand day today, the tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda is remembered with pride. But the school he went to...

Paddy rots as an overflowing effluent drain inundates farmlands in 13 villages of Unnao, UP

Fertile farmlands belonging to 1,000 farmers in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh are submerged in effluents from a CETP drain that has...

One sack of fertiliser per Aadhaar; farmers in UP’s Unnao complain it is not enough

Farmers in Unnao district wait days on end to get one sack of fertiliser per Aadhaar card from the government...

Till September this year, India faced a natural disaster almost every day: Report

As per a recent report on the adverse weather events due to a changing climate, from January 1 to September...

BRLF releases the first Tribal Development Report on the Adivasi communities of central India

The report includes the status of tribal communities in central India concerning livelihoods, agriculture, natural resources, economy, migration, governance, human...

No school, no friends, verbally harassed by the accused — 17-yo rape survivor’s nightmare continues

Last year, the panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki turned murky when a minor daughter of a Dalit, who was...

NABARD’s UMANG 2k22 brings together artisans, women groups and FPOs from 25 states

Over hundred craftsmith and farmers’ organisations from across the country are participating in a national level exhibition-cum-sale organised by the...

Uttar Pradesh: First drought, and now 683% excess rainfall in October wreaks havoc on farmers

Prolonged winters, early heatwaves, pest attacks, drought-like conditions and now devastating rainfall in October – erratic weather has dealt blow...