Perspectives

Policy Edits.

Policy Editorials.

Ecology is for the People

Democracy is - citizens governing the country at all levels, most importantly in our gram sabhas and ward sabhas.

Farmer producer companies: let a thousand balloons float

Private trade often spots the chinks in the armor of the FPC and snatches away the most profitable business from it.

There was another India, reveals a new database of periodicals published between 1857-1947

Many profound ways in which it will change your perspective on Indian intellectual history.

Kuruba shepherds lose their security blanket

In some villages, women have formed ‘self-help-groups’ to collectively try and generate better incomes from Deccani wool.

India’s water problem has a simple solution

As we diversify the cropping pattern, voluminous quantities of water would be released for meeting the drinking water needs, etc.

Are Micro-Grids for Rural Electrification the Answer?

The community identified the forces that spun their old vicious cycle and determined what to change to start a more virtuous one.

The draft seeds bill favours the industry over farmers

The current seeds bill bears the imprint of the seed industry which never masks its displeasure at the enabling provisions granted to farmers

Less Rice, More Nutritious Crops Will Enhance India’s Food Supply, Study Says

Planting more coarse cereals including millets could increase protein, iron; climate resilience; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.