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Mridula Chari

Mridula Chari is a Scroll.in staffer.

The cost of Telangana’s drive to plant two billion trees

The state’s massive afforestation programme has seen impressive results. But many cultivators have been evicted from lands they used for decades.

Mridula Chari
· Sep 14, 2022 · 06:30 am
Battered by climate change, Central India’s forest products are disappearing

They are crucial to millions of people and a vast Rs 2 lakh crore economy. But with unpredictable rains and extreme temperatures, their yields are falling.

Mridula Chari
· Jun 01, 2022 · 06:30 am
Why Telangana’s move to formalise land records could leave small farmers vulnerable

In the absence of a land survey, the new changes could further complicate the messy land records system.

Mridula Chari
· Oct 23, 2020 · 09:00 am

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