Maharashtra

He picked up the traditional craft of carpentry at the age of 9. A 75-year-old now, he is still passionate about keeping it alive.

The money has gone to Brotherhood of People Project run by Ramon Magsaysay award winners’ Dr. Prakash Amte and his wife Mandakini.

Just like few medicines are sold only with doctors’ prescription, farmers will now have to get a prescription from an agri-officer to buy poisonous pesticides.

71-year-old Subhash Chitari, from Sawantwadi in Maharashtra, has been making wooden toys for 62 years and is still going strong.

Maharashtra farmer Chandrashekar Bhadsavle’s method, SRT (Saguna Rice Technique) farming avoids tilling completely and lets the residue of the earlier crop (in the rice crop’s case-- paddy stubble) disintegrate into the soil with the help of weedicides and microbial cultures.

A gynaecologist will be entitled to ₹4,000 for every C-section or complicated surgery, ₹1,500 for assisted delivery and ₹400 for every two ultrasound investigations while a paediatrician will be paid an amount of ₹2,000 for attending to a newborn emergency.

Her writing is away from all literary influences, as she never had a chance to read any.

The fire brigade and the regional disaster management team suggested that the gas leak was caused due to a damaged old rubber tube connecting the cylinder and gas stove.

These Dalit women farmers have joined hands to fight and stake their claim on the 'gairan' or the common grazing land for cultivation.

He has earned ₹ 7 lakh from farming on a square piece of land that measures only 1 acre.