Economics and Technologies

Community-based alternatives for production, consumption, and exchange

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This section features stories of initiatives that help to create an alternative to the dominant neo-liberal or state-dominated economy. These include: localisation of economic activity with democratic control, producer and consumer collectives, local currencies and trade, non-monetised exchage and the gift economy, ecologically sensitive products and processes, macro-economic concepts that respect ecological limits, and approaches to human well-being that go beyond growth, GDP and other narrow measures and indicators.

What we do not feature are superficial and false solutions, such as market and technological fixes for problems that are deeply social and political, or more generally, ‘green growth’ kind of approaches that only tinker around with the existing system.

Madhya Pradesh state collaborating with Civil Society to draw up Millet Policy

Madhya Pradesh state to follow leaders - Odisha Millets Mission and Comprehensive Revival of Millets of Andhra Pradesh

Hard-coated grains tough to process: Farmers

Some millets like korale are hard-coated grains requiring processing multiple times.

Radio aids revival of dying tribal language

Started in Jan. 2020 the pre-recorded radio programmes have so far been aired on 16 different occasions

Students design suspension bamboo bridge for rural folk

An affordable Bamboo-and-Rope bridge designed to carry up to 5 persons.

Principles of Transformative Alternatives

To build various kinds of systemic alternatives together into a larger movement ... and to jointly envision a future

Statement and Appeal on Ladakh’s Union Territory Status

Include Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution (Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council also to have control)

How Many Farmer Producer Companies Are There in India?

It is imperative to understand exactly how many producer companies there are.

Chemistry Nobel Prize has a rural Odisha connection

The Maligaon Solar Micro-Grid is the first instance where a village level electricity generation unit has used Lithium Ferro-Phosphate batteries.

Friend of the Small Ruminants

A total of 160 families have enrolled themselves for the formal system of livestock services provided by her.