Blog
May 8, 2020
PRADAN is working with the administration to support marginalised and vulnerable rural poor people in containing the spread of COVID-19. We are reaching out to marginalised and vulnerable poor farmers across 166 blocks in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, 60 of these blocks in Jharkhand through our partner CSOs. Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives is our partner in this initiative.
February 27, 2023
NGO Pradan hand-holds them under the National Rural Livelihood Mission programme
February 27, 2023
Damayanti Nayak’s inspiring journey is causing many farmers to take up collectivized and synchronized farming. Here Damayanti recalls how she went from growing crops for self consumption to earning 2 lacs from farming - in her own words
February 27, 2023
A survey shows that the annual daily wages of an Adivasi household are around Rs 31,000.
February 27, 2023
India has seen a rapid growth in the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides over the last decade as the country’s population increased. In Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, two states in central India, farmers use more than twice as much fertiliser per acre as farmers in other parts of India.
February 27, 2023
Lakhimani Murmu is an active member of the Maniyardi Kadamjharna SHG in Binpur, West Bengal. Lakhimani, lives in a mud house surrounded by forest with her husband and two sons. Lakhimani, like most scheduled tribes' smallholder farmers, had very little land for crop cultivation.
February 27, 2023
Budget 2023: The focus needs to be on regenerative agricultural practices which will ensure ecological security and food safety.
February 27, 2023
The real estate sector in India is one of the highest contributing sectors and the second-largest employment generator after agriculture.
February 27, 2023
Agriculture is the sunrise sector of India and employs the majority of the workforce and, for a variety of reasons, has dominated national policy and academic debate in recent years.
February 27, 2023
आज भी भारत सरकार द्वारा सोशल सेक्टर और एजुकेशन के लिए किया जाने वाला खर्च जीडीपी का लगभग तीन फीसदी ही है. फाइनेंशियल 2023-24 के लिए केंद्र सरकार द्वारा पेश किए जाने वाले बजट से पहले हमने हेल्थकेयर, एजुकेशन, ग्रामीण सुधार की दिशा में काम करने वाले एक्सपर्ट्स और एनजीओ से बात की.