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This morning Baskar had shared the data from the External Affairs Ministry on the countries to which Indians migrate out of India when they give up the Indian Citizenship. We have been in the current season of Raattai podcast discussing the issues that contribute or deter vibrant Democracy. In trying to understand the facts related to why Indian's relinquish their citizenship, the following interesting facts came up -- between 2011 and 2022, about 16.6 lakh Indians gave up their citizenshipthe trend shows a consistent growth, except brief lows and the big drop during the pandemic…
Sunday HINDU newspaper is where longer articles are read more often. So, it was not surprising that there was an article targeting the funds allocation for the promotion of natural farming in union budget in this newspaper on 28th July 2024 (link). While the initial part of the article tried to pretend a neutral stand, the title itself was a give away (and considering how many people today don't read articles beyond the title, this was clearly meant to influence) - "Should India focus on natural farming?" the summary that came as a sub-text (which people in policy making may get to read),…
Yesterday, while making the presentation on the SDG ratings for the current year for the state of Tamil Nadu, there were some questions regarding the suicide rate. I ended up looking some data on the same from the 2022 NCRB report. The following graphs that I generated based on the data threw an interesting picture about the state of distress under which people decide to take their own lives. That predominantly those who commit suicide in the state seem to be just school educated, coming from daily wage labour category, with low…
26th July 2024
Today Samanvaya organized an online presentation on the SDG scorecard released by Niti Aayog for all the state of India. The presentation looked at the story of Tamil Nadu and what it entails for Tamil Nadu in terms of areas of concern and areas of accomplishment. The presentation is embedded in this post.
A First-Person Note based on Two Decades of Active Work in this SectorHow many natural farmers are there in Tamil Nadu? This is the most nagging question that often does not have clear answers because nobody measures it. One would assume that Agricultural Department will know this, unfortunately they have been paying lip-service to promotion of Organic Farming in the state for so long, it is a negligible line item in their annual budget almost as an afterthought. From only talking about the awarding of organic farmers (for what? ) in the name of Nammalvar and giving incentives to farmers…
A First-Person Note based on Two Decades of Active Work in this Sector About 10 years ago, I took a group of agricultural academics from Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU), delegated by the then Vice Chancellor to (then) Andhra Pradesh to visit the Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture (CMSA) programme. The visit was facilitated by the Rural Development Department of the Tamil Nadu government, through the newly formed State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM). The occasion was the opportunity presented by the newly created national programme called Mahila Kisan Sashaktikiran…