Census 2021: India's Urban-rural conundrum

We urbanise, we celebrate; but is urbanisation providing basic livelihood?

Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers — here’s how the US could reduce their risk

Studies show 80% of Mexican and Mexican American women farmworkers in US have experienced some form of sexual harassment at work

Nearly 56 million Indians joined back agriculture in 3 yrs: Is it a good sign or an indicator of an economic distress?

The “India Employment Report 2024” by the ILO says the COVID-19 pandemic reversed a national employment transition from farm to non-…

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Farm income drops in 16 states and union territories

The national average income from cultivation increased by just 3.8 per cent between 2002-03 and 2012-13, when the overall farm sector grew by 3 …

No sway for education to Haryana snake charmers: The Sapera community has been left far behind

Nearly 80% of the Saperas in urban areas are still illiterate

Has bureaucratic bungling led to problems for natural farming scheme in Andhra Pradesh

Five years after it was launched, non-payment of staff salaries, excessive hype plague the scheme, observers say

Jharkhand village continues its anti-NTPC stance

Residents of Jugra village have complained to district administration about forceful land acquisition for supply route to coal mine

COVID-19: Sitharaman’s ‘agri bouquet’ does not cut ice with farm experts

Farmers need immediate help rather than plans for the future, they say

Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India

People in the farm sector accounted for 7.4 per cent of the total suicides in India, according to the latest NCRB report 

COVID-19 lockdown cost 80% informal sector workers their jobs: Survey

Besides being unemployed, workers had borrowed heavily and had not had enough nutrition during and after the lockdown, the report said