Why India’s food bowl is struggling to abandon chemical farming

The transition will require a sea change in Punjab’s agricultural pattern.

Manu Moudgil, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 12, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Crores of rupees in subsidies have gone up in smoke as farmers continue to burn stubble

Experts say cultivators need financial incentives to take up stubble management and must be encouraged to shift away from growing paddy.

Manu Moudgil, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 03, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In India, the rich cause seven times more emissions than the poor

Pro-poor development measures will not hurt the environment as much as policies to make the wealthy richer, says a new study.

Manu Moudgil, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 20, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Human-triggered fatal landslides are becoming frequent in the Himalayas and Western Ghats

Twelve per cent of India’s land is prone to landslides, and the country accounted for 18% of worldwide deaths in such cases from 2004 to 2016.

Manu Moudgil, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 12, 2020 · 09:30 pm

A Dalit movement for land rights is sweeping across southern Punjab

When Scheduled Castes weren’t given 33% of agricultural village common land, as required by an old regulation, they decided to fight for it.

Manu Moudgil, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 11, 2019 · 01:30 pm

An eco-friendly dry toilet can change rural sanitation – but Swachh Bharat Mission is ignoring it

Ecosan toilets are cost effective and don’t need water, but Swachh Bharat is focusing on pit toilets.

Manu Moudgil, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 25, 2019 · 09:30 pm