By Sumit Yadav
Farmers in Unnao district wait days on end to get one sack of fertiliser per Aadhaar card from the government co-operative stores, and sometimes not even that, forcing them to buy from private agencies paying a lot more money. Farmers need fertiliser to sow their rabi crops.
Farmers in Unnao district wait days on end to get one sack of fertiliser per Aadhaar card from the government co-operative stores, and sometimes not even that, forcing them to buy from private agencies paying a lot more money. Farmers need fertiliser to sow their rabi crops.
By Mohit Asthana
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Upon the completion of the 24-month training programme for both light motor and commercial vehicles, the women drivers will be assigned as contract drivers at the depot and tasked with operating pink buses.
Upon the completion of the 24-month training programme for both light motor and commercial vehicles, the women drivers will be assigned as contract drivers at the depot and tasked with operating pink buses.
By Ranvijay Singh
The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!
The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!
By Virendra Singh
Every year, as many as 100,000 villagers in Barabanki relocate to temporary shelters when the Ghaghara river inundates their villages and destroys their crops. These rural residents are trapped between the embankments of the river built for flood control. Villages like Tepra are washed away and for the past three years now, people are living on an embankment awaiting compensation and rehabilitation. Will the UP election results change their fate? A ground report.
Every year, as many as 100,000 villagers in Barabanki relocate to temporary shelters when the Ghaghara river inundates their villages and destroys their crops. These rural residents are trapped between the embankments of the river built for flood control. Villages like Tepra are washed away and for the past three years now, people are living on an embankment awaiting compensation and rehabilitation. Will the UP election results change their fate? A ground report.
By Mudassir Kuloo
Residents of Keran in the LoC [Line of Control] in J&K welcome the government’s move to promote tourism in the area.
Residents of Keran in the LoC [Line of Control] in J&K welcome the government’s move to promote tourism in the area.
By Manoj Choudhary
Over 1,300 rural girls from the tribal communities of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand have got a second shot at education thanks to the initiative of the Camp School which offers a nine-month course and helps enrol girls in government schools.
Over 1,300 rural girls from the tribal communities of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand have got a second shot at education thanks to the initiative of the Camp School which offers a nine-month course and helps enrol girls in government schools.
By Sumit Yadav
There are winds of change in Dua village where installation of 32 CCTVs, setting up of an IT centre at panchayat bhavan, and upgrading facilities at the primary school have transformed village life.
There are winds of change in Dua village where installation of 32 CCTVs, setting up of an IT centre at panchayat bhavan, and upgrading facilities at the primary school have transformed village life.
By Manoj Choudhary
Gaon Connection traced families of some of the trapped migrant workers from Dumaria block of Jharkhand who barely own an acre of land and live in abject poverty.
Gaon Connection traced families of some of the trapped migrant workers from Dumaria block of Jharkhand who barely own an acre of land and live in abject poverty.
By Gaon Connection
The Maharashtra government has declared drought in 42 blocks. However, farmers’ leaders mention that farmers in more than 100 blocks are reeling from drought. Questions have also been raised over the methodology of declaring drought in the state.
The Maharashtra government has declared drought in 42 blocks. However, farmers’ leaders mention that farmers in more than 100 blocks are reeling from drought. Questions have also been raised over the methodology of declaring drought in the state.