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Insights, best practices and the latest research on what works and what needs to change across sectors including agriculture, education, climate change, livelihoods, and public health.

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Livelihoods
What’s the future of employment for India’s youth?
Here’s everything you need to know about the recent ILO report on global employment trends for youth.
by Annette Francis | 6 min read

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Rights
Why preliminary assessment is against the idea of juvenile justice
In 2015, a new Juvenile Justice Act introduced the concept of preliminary assessment wherein minors aged 16 to 18 who are accused of committing heinous offences can be tried as adults. Here’s why this move compromises child rights.
by Bharti Ali, Enakshi Ganguly | 7 min read
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Agriculture
Monetising carbon credits: How Indian farmers can benefit
Poor soil health and decreasing profits plague Indian farmers. Selling carbon credits might be the opportunity that addresses these problems
by Gokul Deep Girish, Ravi Trivedi | 6 min read
A woman with her back to the camera holds an irrigation pipe in a field_small and marginal farmers
Agriculture
Making agriculture viable for small and marginal farmers
Organisations such as SSP and PRADAN are demonstrating that smallholder farming can be made viable through simple and consistent innovation.
by Smarinita Shetty, Sneha Philip | 7 min read
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Social Justice
Preparing for a marathon, not a sprint 
Dalit civil rights activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan on why failure is an opportunity to build power, how systems of oppression affect well-being, and what healing looks like for individuals and communities.
by India Development Review | 10 min read
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Health
The media must recognise the power it has in preventing suicide
Despite overwhelming evidence that media reports can either strengthen or undermine suicide prevention efforts, the quality of suicide reporting in India continues to remain poor. What needs to change?
by Tanaya Jagtiani | 7 min read

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Bite-sized stories from the people closest to the action.


Health
A ritual of restrictions: When faith shapes women’s health
by Nivedita Rawtani
Location Icon Panna district, Madhya Pradesh
Agriculture
A farm of one’s own: Why women want to be farmers 
by Rekha Pantre
Location Icon Osmanabad district, Maharashtra
Gender
Changing men’s minds: Reorienting notions of gender and violence
by Mahendra Rokade, Nitin Kamble
Location Icon Mumbai City district, Maharashtra
Agriculture
Going with the grain: Hakimsinan’s farmers want to return to old ways
by Saranmoyee Kar
Location Icon Bankura district, West Bengal

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Gender | September 7, 2022
Women in Gujarat confront uncertainties post pandemic
Women across the state share how hard times during the pandemic increased their focus on health, changed their livelihood patterns, and made their communities more frugal and watchful.
by Smarinita Shetty, Tanaya Jagtiani | 7 min read
People working outside houses in a refugee camp_internally displaced persons
Health | September 2, 2022
Enabling access to healthcare for internally displaced persons
Displaced communities in India frequently fall through the cracks of public health systems. Accounting for their unique social, political, and economic vulnerabilities when designing programmes and policies can help change this.
by Susanna G Mitra | 6 min read
School girls working on laptops-EdTech
Education | September 2, 2022
EdTech in India needs stronger regulation
Misleading ads and data and privacy violations by Indian EdTech companies are rampant; it’s time for a regulatory framework with some teeth.
by Anirudh Chakradhar | 5 min read
A man holding a placard in a market while two other men click his photos on their mobiles_environmentalist in Leh
Environment | September 1, 2022
An environmentalist from Leh teaches his village how to manage waste
A day in the life of an economics graduate who uses YouTube, Instagram, and animated movies to build awareness about waste management and ecotourism in his village.
by Stanzin Dothon | 8 min read
A woman using a firewood chulha_air pollution
Environment | August 26, 2022
Photo essay: The impact of household air pollution on women’s health
While the use of LPG cylinders has increased under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, too many women continue to suffer the adverse effects of burning biofuels like firewood to cook.
by Sudharak Olwe, Warrior Moms | 4 min read
An empty classroom-education
Education | August 26, 2022
Atishi Marlena and Pramath Raj Sinha on the faults in our education system
Arun Maira speaks to both experts on the state of education in India and why teaching methodologies in schools and colleges need to change.
by India Development Review | 9 min read
Farmers ploughing the fields with his cattle-organic farming
Agriculture | August 24, 2022
Organic farming: A gamechanger for agriculture in India?
Organic farming is growing in India. However, while a switch to 'natural' farming has its benefits, scientists argue that it may also result in lower crop productivity, thereby endangering food security in the country.
by Aathira Perinchery | 5 min read
A mother with an infant on her lap and a bamboo crib hanging behind them_losing young mothers to suicide
Health | August 16, 2022
Why are so many young mothers in India dying by suicide?
Early marriage, intimate partner violence, pressure to give birth to a son, and lack of financial independence are some of the factors driving young mothers to suicide.
by Disha Shetty, The Fuller Project | 5 min read
Children in a file at school-school improvement
Education | August 11, 2022
Why an ineffective school improvement programme was scaled up
A programme to improve school governance in MP was scaled up despite being ineffective. What can its perceived success teach us about improving public service delivery at scale?
by India Development Review | 5 min read
A woman manually transporting maize in Punjab-food security
Climate Emergency | August 10, 2022
Rising temperatures threaten India’s crop yields and food security
Shifting weather patterns and heatwaves in India threaten income and food security. Here’s how farmers, scientists, and others are adapting.
by Fateh Veer Singh Guram | 5 min read
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