`It is easy to die'
Book Excerpt: Of ‘King Cotton’ and Vidarbha
How the path dependencies in the cotton economy crossed the paths of Vidarbha, Britain, and the American South is a fascinating story
Restore malgujari tanks to irrigate eastern Vidarbha: study
Irrigation potential of 125,000 ha unused since 1950
Excessive July rains destroyed 800,000 hectares of crops in Maharashtra
Marathwada, Vidharba regions heavily affected
In the name of the farmer
Vidarbha compensation package inadequate
Price support, not loans, can save Vidarbha farmers
Western Vidarbha reduces use of synthetic fertilisers
No corresponding drop in agricultural production
Nagpur's dilemma: coal or metropolitan region?
Farmers say developing metropolitan region a better deal
Low MSP for cotton may ruin many Maharashtra farmers
Untimely rains have damaged cotton and soyabean crops all over the state
Reservoir levels dip in Maharashtra, may hit major power plants
Koyna hydro power plant already closed due to water crunch
Divided colours of Maharashtra irrigation scam papers
Truth behind irrigation mess yet to unravel
Reservoir of corruption
How irrigation projects in Maharashtra harnessed money, not water
Maharashtra CM’s let-down for cotton growers
Pleads election code of conduct to postpone minimum support price decision
Large-scale germination failure in soybean, Maharashtra farmers hit hard
Could speed up decline of the crop in the region
Community forest rights for Gondia's tribal villages
Improved claim formats; no unfair caveats
Forest fires singe Maharashtra
Officials say peeved tendu contractors are causing them
Climate change threat to food produce in India, says study
'Erratic rainfall and rising input costs forcing farmers to migrate'
Vidarbha gets its first generic medicines shop
Challenge to popularising these stores is to get doctors to prescribe low-cost generic drugs
Environment ministry rejects 2 Vidarbha irrigation projects
Construction work began without environmental clearance
Maharashtra diverting water from Vidarbha farmers to power plants: Greenpeace report
71 more thermal power plants are in various stages of approval in the region
Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority
Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24
Public hearing sans public for Jindal plant in Gadchiroli
Affected people stage boycott, administration carries on nevertheless
Drought of equity
A large part of Maharashtra has been declared drought-hit. But distribution of water is quite incongruous. While the few who are politically and …
Improving water security in Maharashtra’s cotton-growing villages
Cotton is an important fibre crop in Maharashtra, with more than four million farmers engaged in cotton farming
Maharashtra's solar pump scheme in Vidarbha not working: CSE survey
Farmers have not used the pumps which were installed during drought years; they could also have ruined the area’s water table