January 22, 2019

Murky to Sparkling Water in School

Rashmi’s children were already adults and students in the school were unrelated to her. Yet she could not reconcile the fact that they were forced to drink contaminated water in school every day. The spark to change in Rashmi had been lit some months back in the trainings on citizenship.
February 23, 2023

Farmers’ protests: Why are small and marginal farmers protesting against the farm acts?

The government says the new farm acts will be beneficial to small and marginal farmers. But, in reality, APMC mandis and MSP have offered protection to this category of farmers, who make up almost 85 per cent of the farming community in India.
February 22, 2023

Farmers need predictable linkages with markets

After their agonizing experience in cities during the lockdown, migrant workers, in very large numbers, are back in their villages. Can the rural economy sustain them? Will they find ways of earning? The rural employment programme, MGNREGA, offers hope. But it remains to be seen whether in the current context it is the solution.
February 23, 2023

Extraordinary Indians: How Chandrakali Markam transformed her small Adivasi community through the power of microenterprise

Uneducated, co-dependent and powerless, women in Barga, MP are routinely limited to invisible roles. That is until Chandrakali Markam took the future into her own hands.
December 13, 2022

Everybody Loves to Make Profit
by Shubham Fulmali, Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh

Nights of Kaspur village are usually calm, silent, and pitch-dark. Beneath a sky full of twinkling stars, one can see thousands of fireflies adorning bushes and trees. Tranquility reigns. Only Nirmal’s sudden exasperated cries and Dulourin’s sobbing would shatter this calm at times.
February 22, 2023

Entrepreneurship: the key to revitalising agriculture

Lessons from an initiative to increase farm productivity by promoting a community-based model of agricultural advisory services.
February 24, 2023

Empowering Women Communities During Times of Disempowering COVID-19

The COVID-19 experience has removed any doubts about how inextricably countries, communities and societies are linked. It has also clearly highlighted that while responding to crises and providing relief during such global pandemics is critical, what is even more important is building resilient societies and communities that can weather such storms in future.
November 1, 2018

गुमला : पहाड़ व जंगलों से घिरे भींजपुर टोले में 24 घंटे बिजली उपलब्ध

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February 23, 2023

Eco Tasar’s handwoven products are in tune with the latest trends

The brand has a mission to create large scale wage opportunity for tribal producers of silk cocoons
February 22, 2023

Does NREGA work for women?

Putting women at the front and center of NREGA not only makes it more effective and transparent, but also changes societal perceptions of what women can and cannot do.