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Kunal Purohit, IndiaSpend

Covid-19 lockdown: 10,000 fisherfolk are stranded along Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka coasts

On April 28, 4,000 fishworkers were rescued off Veraval port in Gujarat.

Kunal Purohit, IndiaSpend
· May 01, 2020 · 01:30 pm
What’s to blame for Jharkhand’s ‘witch-hunting’ problem? Poor healthcare and illiteracy

In 2018, 26% of people killed in India on suspicion of practising witchcraft were from Jharkhand.

Kunal Purohit, IndiaSpend
· Mar 04, 2020 · 01:30 pm
In Jharkhand, the digitisation of land records stripped many villagers of their farms overnight

In the ongoing state assembly elections, all parties are using land issues as a poll plank.

Kunal Purohit, IndiaSpend
· Dec 17, 2019 · 01:30 pm

In rural Jharkhand, Aadhaar has become a hurdle in providing food security

The state saw 23 deaths due to starvation and non-availability of subsidised food grains in the past four years.

Kunal Purohit, IndiaSpend
· Dec 09, 2019 · 01:30 pm