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drought in India

  • How an unyielding drought has forced once thriving Andhra farmers to leave in search of wage labour

    How an unyielding drought has forced once thriving Andhra farmers to leave in search of wage labour

    Bhanupriya Rao, IndiaSpend.com
    · Apr 10, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • More than 40% of India is reeling under drought, but the Centre may not even acknowledge it

    More than 40% of India is reeling under drought, but the Centre may not even acknowledge it

    Angarika Gogoi, IndiaSpend.com Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com
    · Apr 04, 2019 · 01:30 pm
  • How Modi’s crop insurance scheme benefits private insurers far more than it does farmers

    How Modi’s crop insurance scheme benefits private insurers far more than it does farmers

    Kannan Kasturi
    · Feb 01, 2019 · 09:00 am