Villagers identify the ultra-poor

Iqra Khan, Ranchi

HOW do you identify the ultra-poor in a village? The most efficient way is to ask the community to come ...

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Bridges, rail lines where small rivers once flowed

Ruchi Shree, Bhagalpur

IN recent years the incidence of floods in states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has gone up exponentially. My experience ...

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Bengal village sees boost in incomes from better farming

Raj Sekhar Bandopadhyay & Himadri Das, Bankura

AN obscure tribal village in West Bengal where seasonal migration has been the norm has seen household incomes increase as ...

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Wildlife is attacked by roving dogs in sanctuaries

Meghna Uniyal, Pune

OVER the last decade much has been written about India being the stray dog and rabies capital of the world. ...

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Insights into Adivasi livelihoods

Civil Society News, New Delhi

A report from an ongoing study on the livelihoods of Adivasi communities underlines the extreme deprivation in which they live ...

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Will poor safety kill India’s textiles boost?

Civil Society News, New Delhi

When a fire broke out at the Nandan denim factory in Narol, a major textile hub in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, ...

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Penury and sickness at Rajasthan building sites

Sruthi Nair, Udaipur

  The state of Rajasthan officially started a full fledged lockdown on May 10. But, unlike last year’s rushed and ...

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