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Date: April 27th 2016
Source: Times of India
NEW DELHI: India's urbanization may double to over 60 per cent in 30 years assuming that economic growth remains at 7-9 per cent level, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Wednesday.
"Generally, the level of urbanization is over 60 per…
By: Sumit Chaturvedi
Date: May 4th 2016
Source: F. India / Indiaspend.org
Almost three decades ago in 1990, Radheshyam, 49, was given half an acre of farm land free, taken away from a landlord as part of what was then a 40-year-old state law that allows distribution of such land to the poor.…
India: How climate-smart agriculture is crucial for India's food security at a time of farm distress ()
By: G Seetharaman
Date: May 8th 2016
Source: The Economic Times
Just as we hit Karnal, 130 km north of New Delhi, in Haryana on National Highway 1, a noxious odour and a mild haze are all but obvious. As we turn left off the highway, their source comes into view: large stretches of agricultural…
By: Vivek Trivedi
Date: May 20th 2016
Source: Namati
“The community actually said that the ‘air is so bad and the water is so bad that we can neither cook nor make tea.’” This line, sobering in its daily reality, was delivered at a recent webinar entitled Building Evidence for Justice –…
By: Manipadma Jena
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Date: Monday, 23 May 2016
A district in the eastern state of Odisha is challenging gender inequality by giving land to vulnerable women living alone
BARIPADA, India - When her husband died seven years ago, leaving her to fend for herself,…
Source: The Hindu
Date: May 25, 2016
Seven more capital cities, including Bengaluru, allowed to enter the smart city competition
The Union government on Tuesday announced the names of 13 more cities that will be developed under the Centre’s “Smart City Mission.” Lucknow in poll-bound Uttar…
By: Shilpi Srivastava
Date: May 27th 2016
Source: Institute of Development Studies
Over the last two months, the media -both in India and beyond – have reported widely on the drought situation in India. By the end of April, India was in the grip of severe drought, which at that point had…
Date: 24 mai 2016
Source: Survivalfrance.org
Dans le centre de l’Inde, plusieurs villages tribaux risquent de disparaître car leurs habitants sont expulsés de force de leurs terres ancestrales au sein de la réserve de tigres d’Achanakmar. Ces terres se situent près de l’emblématique réserve de…
Date: June 4th, 2016https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/tribals-hold-rally-for-murdered-leader-demand-land-rights/article8688349.eceSource: The Hindu
A meeting was organised by the All-India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) at Kumarabandha of Dharakote block in Ganjam district of…
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 27 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundations
In drought-hit Marathwada, the poorest region in India's western Maharashtra state, there is an unusually high number of single women. Some were widowed after their farmer husbands committed suicide because of debt;…
By: Shuriah Niazi
Date: 30 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
As northern and central India continue to suffer thorough severe drought and oppressive heat, police in the drought-hit Indian region of Bundelkhand and several other regions are reporting a rise in violent - and often…
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
India's drive to ramp up coal output to meet growing energy needs has resulted in members of the Adivasi tribe being displaced from their ancestral lands and forced to wait years to be resettled, Amnesty International…