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In Chhattisgarh's forest villages, tribal women carry the labour but middlemen take the margins

India, July 2 -- Tribal women in Chhattisgarh's Nagari block say they are forced to sell minor forest produce to middlemen at low prices because markets are far and procurement centres are unreliable.... Read More


A forest in wait

India, June 17 -- Do you know how to swim?" asks a boater. I reply in the affirmative, and he directs me to sit on the raised edges of two dongis, pushed together. As we set off on the small, handcraf... Read More


CAG report raises questions over Rs 50,072 crore health cess not reaching designated fund

India, May 21 -- Jan Swasthya Abhiyan India says the Centre collected Rs.96,627 crore as health cess between 2018-19 and 2024-25. The group says only Rs 46,554 crore was transferred to public account... Read More


Capital punishment

India, May 19 -- I was 45 when the government acquired my village in 2002 to build Nava Raipur. To this day, my family has not received proper rehabilitation or compensation. Over the past 25 years, w... Read More