farmer

"My father was a farmer and I used to attend an arts college wearing dhoti... So all this is not new to me."

In 2015, Poovitha cracked the competitive Union Public Service Examination and secured an All India Rank of 175, turning this childhood dream into reality.

From having a collective-family income of Rs 2,000-3,000 per month as an exploited agricultural labourer in Bihar to being offered an engineering job in Singapore with an annual package of Rs 8 lakhs, the story of Dileep Sahni is nothing short of inspiring!

"The area under Rabi and summer crops shrunk sharply due to mere 66 percent of the average rainfall during the Kharif season in 2017."

These achievers prove that no financial crisis, hardship, and adversity can be a deterrent from attaining their goals because they were willing to do everything it took. They gave it their best shot, and the results are out for everyone to see!

From dawn to noon and evening to sunset, every day, the septuagenarian armed with a shovel, dug the soil out and threw it outside the well, for 18 months.

“I have just passed class 7, but I am on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.”

Vinay took Ashok to a training session by Padma Awardee Subhash Palekar to understand the importance of organic farming.

He believes that farming should be treated as a business.

Agriculture in India is characterized by small landholdings and the presence of a large number of subsistence farmers.