Agriculture

Bharatmala Pariyojana, NH 716, NH 716B, gram sabha, land acquisition, district revenue officer, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Tiruvallur, Bhavanapadu port, Kattupalli port, Kamarajar port, Kadapa, Adani Group, Adani ports,

As TN Govt Blitzes New Expressway Plan, Farmers See Pervasive Irregularities

Daniel Walter 16/04/2019

"They tried to dupe us by getting 'no objection'...

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Why the Kaveri Delta Is Shrinking, and Farm Productivity With It

K.A. Shaji 02/04/2019

The delta has shrunk by 20% because of diversion...

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How Borewell Restoration Is Helping Farmers Repay Their Loans

Manu Moudgil 18/03/2019

Rainwater diverted directly to deeper aquifers can reboot defunct...

Kosi river, Kamala river, flooding, seasonal flooding, summer monsoon, Kosi floodplains, wetlands, shallow wetlands, freshwater fish, Banpar fishers, fishing, water spinach, insecticides, fishing nets, sluice gates, Darbhanga, Bihar,

A Myopic Effort to ‘Protect’ a Community from the Kosi Left It in a Spiral of Decline

Ranjeet Kumar Sahani 03/03/2019

In the 1960s, government engineers built embankments on the...

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Ground Report: What Farmers Had to Say About Modi Govt’s Income Support Scheme

Kabir Agarwal 11/02/2019

Rs 6,000 per year is barely enough to cover...

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Heavy Snow Hurts Kashmir’s Apple Farmers

Athar Parvaiz 09/02/2019

Extreme weather events such as untimely snowfall and heavy...

NASA GRACE, GRACE satellites, groundwater shortage, electricity subsidies, power subsidy, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, groundwater shortage, groundwater depletion, water table, IIT Gandhinagar,

Knee-Jerk Reactions Won’t Solve India’s Groundwater Crisis

Nitya Jacob 23/01/2019

Aquifers at all levels are being depleted. There is...