An Ordinance further to amend the Kerala Agricultural Workers’ Act, 1974. The Kerala Agricultural Workers’ (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (7 of 2020) was promulgated by the Governor of Kerala on the 16th
In Nepal, as in many developing countries, male outmigration from rural areas is significant and is rapidly transforming the sending communities. Using primary data collected from households in rural Nepali
This study looks at trends in Indian farm wages, analyses their linkage with food prices, and identifies factors which drove their growth in real terms. Employ quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques
<p>The deaths due to accidents have been classified into two broad groups - accidental deaths due to causes attributable to nature and accidental deaths due to causes not attributable to nature. Causes
At least 10,349 persons working in the farm sector ended their lives in 2018, accounting for 7.7 per cent of the total 1,34,516 suicides in the country, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
To lay stress on agriculture development, says Governor The Odisha government will lay emphasis on agriculture development and farmers’ welfare as a major strategy for bringing poverty below 5% over
Educationist and author Heramb Kulkarni talks about his report on food, loans, healthcare, migration in rural areas Namdev Savra of Jawhar tehsil in Palghar lost his child to malnutrition in 2016 and
The role of agricultural productivity on non-farm economies in developing countries remains widely debated in the literature. A knowledge gap exists particularly regarding the heterogeneity among non-farm
The Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has been bringing out a publication on "Agricultural Prices in India" regularly. The present issue is the 33rd
The Pocket Book of Agricultural Statistics begun in 2013 as a quick reference guide for all the essential data relating to agricultural sector. This year's pocket book takes forward the continuous endeavor
