With sales fallings, Ilkal saree weavers struggle for profit

Government schemes are not benefiting the weavers due to lack of awareness among them. The Ilkal Saree weavers in Bagalkot district complain that the sale of the Ilkal sarees has gone down drastically which lead them to face loss and loan problems. Welfare policies provided by the government are away from their reach. Ilkal town […]

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Open Defecation Free Muddebihal Remains A Distant Reality

Only four Gram Panchayats out of 33 in Muddebihal have over 50 per cent of households with toilets. Priyansh Verma Karnataka was declared as the 26th state to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) in 2018. However, in Muddebihal — a taluk in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district — remains ODF only on paper. Numerous villagers in the […]

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‘From Debt to Death’: Farmers distress in Yelburga Taluk

According to the Taluk agricultural department, farmer’s suicide rate in Yelburga Taluk has almost doubled in the past two years. Shanta’s husband, Baswaraj committed suicide two years ago facing the heavy debt from the bank loan which he was unable to pay. “It was five months before the suicide that the problem began. At that […]

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Tanners in a lather over India’s myopic leather policy

Traditional Indian tanneries are at the brim of extinction due to loss of markets and government’s sloppy approach towards the leather industry. In the suburbs of Athani city that is famous for its Kolhapuri chappals, lives Yuvraj Kadam, a lone warrior fighting an existential battle against Athani’s dying leather industry. A 16 per cent of […]

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