More than 50 percent of rural credit comes from the informal sector which is a major concern for the rural economy. Bhaskar Mudegowdu, 54, lives in a remote village called Holalu which is 29 kilometres away from the taluk Hoovina Hadagali in Bellary district, north Karnataka. He is a farmer by profession and lives in […]
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Beneficiaries receive incomplete houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Scheme Having a Pucca house with basic facilities including toilet, water connection, and 24/7 electricity is a dream of every person. In 2015, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi promised to fulfil this dream of every homeless citizen in the country. Little did they know, that the promise […]
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Byadgi taluk in Haveri looks out for ways to change their existing situation. A line of distressed women wipe off the sweat on their foreheads. The wait for water from this one tap in an area of 433 sq metres is very similar to finding God for these women. It’s the first day of the […]
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Room number three in the Lingasugur Government General Hospital is where Lingappa, the general OPD doctor attends patients. A huge crowd can be seen throughout the day outside his room. Hari Prasad (name changed) has been waiting in the queue with his documents from more than an hour. “It is very difficult for me to […]
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Out of 63,652 people living in the taluk there is a drastic decline in the number of people applying for insurance from 2,800 to 421. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal BhimaYojana, the main crop insurance scheme, has failed to provide sustenance for a lot of farmers in the ChickballapurTaluk in Karnataka. This has led to a […]
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The occupational hazard among the Byadgi Market workers goes unreported Jamal Bi sat under a tree and tried to open her lunch box, but her fingers hurt, doing so. She has been separating a lot of chilli stalks daily. She has dark patches in the tip of her fingers and said that she covers them […]
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Veeraih has been suffering from tuberculosis from last four months. He uses to work in shop in the market but after getting infected with TB virus he left his job. He had no idea about what tuberculosis was before getting infected. He is taking all his medicines but still he feels very weak. Talking more […]
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According to the data by District AIDS prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU), the number of cases of AIDS is increasing by 30% every year in Haveri District but Byadgi Taluk saw a decrease by 61.03% in the year 2018. The awareness programmes are being organised more and more at a regular basis in the location […]
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Medical posts vacant in Government hospital of Doranahalli Village By Mayuri Bora Bengaluru, April 20, 2019 Health is one of the basic necessities in an individual’s life. But, large sections of rural Indian population are still being deprived of adequate health facilities like people of Doranahalli village. People of Doranahalli village have lost all expectation […]
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The 2019 IIJNM Investigative Journalism Report “Metro Mess” by the Watchdogs Team. By Anuradha Sriram, Ayanti Bera, Sahana Sanjeev, Samanth Lanka, Sharathkumar Nair, and Yajush Gupta. A COLLECTIVE UNDERGROUND CHAOS How the miscommunication and ignorance of urban authorities are deliberately putting millions of lives in danger. Namma […]
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