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January 14, 2022
Diptimayee Nayak loves to eat fish. And, so do the other members of her six-member family, and most of the people living in Odisha (per capita fish consumption is 13.79kg/annum in Odisha, while the national average stands at 6.5 kgs per person).
February 24, 2023
A number of digital applications were devised and strengthen community connections in remote villages.
February 27, 2023
Caste identity is a critical factor in the development paradigm in our country. Recently, we have seen a surge in representational politics, where NDA has nominated Droupadi Murmu, from the scheduled tribe, as their candidate for Presidential elections in 2022.
February 23, 2023
The national lockdown of India announced on March 24th 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, left millions of migrant labourers stranded in their destinations. Thrown out of their informal labour arrangements in cities and industrial centres, unable to return to their villages in the absence of transportation, they were stranded for over a month with no income, improper housing and often lack of food. This paper discusses the experiences of men migrating from Chakai block, Jamui district, Bihar, to four Indian states, namely, Kerala, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. We compare their experiences across these four destination states in relation to the social policy response following the national lockdown.
February 27, 2023
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) on Wednesday announced that DAY-NRLM, Axis Bank and PRADAN have joined hands to uplift the lives of more than 2.5 lakh farmers in five states.
April 10, 2024
“Paise nahi the apna pet bharne ko bhi, Diwali kahan se manate?” (We didn’t have money to fill our empty stomachs, celebrating Diwali was a dream […]
May 4, 2024
In the heart of Kalahandi District in Odisha, amidst the unforgiving terrain, lies the tribal village of San Jamkiheju. Once a place plagued by distress migration […]
June 16, 2020
Seetabai and Balram stepped out to meet the Panchayat leader to ask when the land development work was going to start in their village. It being the end of spring in their part of Chhattisgarh, the mid-day sun of early-April was reasonably warm.
May 8, 2019
Tears rolled down Sulata’s cheeks. Her federation mates hugged and comforted her. Just a day before, Sulata had asked for Rs 500/- from her husband to pay for the pending tuition fees for her daughter, a class seven student. Her husband went off to the market to sell a certain portion of their harvested paddy to get the required money.