Agriculture & Rural Development

The Akhil Bhartiya Gramin Uthan Samiti (ABGUS) abiding by all COVID-19 regulations conducted a workshop-cum-community consultation on the theme “valuing water” on World Water Day, 22nd March 2021. The workshop was organized  at the Tapukara sub-tehsil of block Tijara district Alwar, Rajasthan. The Chief Medical & Health Officer of CHC Tapukara Dr. Vinod Vijay was the...

The world is currently in the midst of a water crisis as we observe World Water Day 2021. One in 10 people lack access to safe drinking water and up to 700 million people are projected to be displaced by intense water insecurity as early as 2030. By 2030, India's water demand is projected...

Water is one of the most valuable and scarce resources in India. Our country is home to a population of 1.4 billion, accommodates nearly 18% of the world's population. Unfortunately, it has only 4% of the world's freshwater resources and pumps out of almost 25% of its groundwater. The 2018 Composite Water Management Index (CWMI)...

Merely 4% of the houses that the Modi government promised under the rural housing scheme are complete. The Central government’s flagship programme called PMAY-G (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna-Grameen) is a rural welfare programme. What is PMAY-G? The objective is to construct concrete homes with basic amenities for homeless citizens living in the villages who can’t afford...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Samhita-Collective Good Foundation’s (CGF) REVIVE Alliance, has committed to supporting and restoring the livelihoods of informal workers, nano and micro-entrepreneurs, artisans and women collectives who have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. What is the REVIVE Alliance? REVIVE is a recently launched $6.85 million multi-stakeholder blended finance...

Chandrapur district of Maharashtra is known for its coal mines. The district has 27 mines, which explains the moniker Black Gold City. Full of mineral and forest wealth, it is a tribal-dominated area where life is hard because of Naxalite insurgency. Health, education and employment were amiss. However, Chandrapur has been transformed in recent...

The Indian rural economy suffers from a severe lack of viable and sustainable livelihood opportunities. About 42% of the population of rural India depends on agriculture, which faces various challenges like seasonal fluctuation, weather dependence, knowledge deficit, poor market linkages, lack of wealth creation and resource crunch. In view of this agrarian plight and...

India is still considered to be an Agro-based economy, especially as the majority of its population (about 58 per cent) is engaged in agriculture. However, the contribution of the agriculture sector to the country’s GDP is less than 20 per cent. One of the reasons responsible for this huge gap is the lack of...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it unprecedented crises on social, economic, and humanitarian levels. NGOs that were extensively working on various causes over the years stepped up to the forefront as both, responders and mobilisers during the pandemic. They have been directly supplementing the Government’s efforts to bring relief to the most susceptible communities...

DCM Shriram Ltd – Sugar Business today announced the successful conservation of 299 billion litres of water in the last two years under its flagship sustainable sugarcane cultivation initiative Meetha Sona certified by Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow. What is Meetha Sona? The company has been training farmers of Hardoi & Lakhimpur Kheri district on...

The State Government of Jharkhand has approved its first-ever CSR policy with a view to realise the overall development of its people, to create an enabling environment and to increase the total volume of CSR investments. With the help of this new Jharkhand CSR policy, the Government plans to create a conducive environment for attracting...

The Republic Day tractor rally protesting new anti-farmer laws rolled in to Red Fort and made history. Farmers are protesting new legislation that could leave them at the mercy of corporate sharks, and citizens are standing by them. After protesting Aarey deforestation and Citizenship Amendment Act vociferously last year, citizen groups are rallying together...