While mother and child health care rules the roost, other schemes fall flat

There is a discrepancy in various health schemes adopted in the state. While one has seen massive success, many others flounder According to the United Nations Inter-agency group for Child Mortality Estimation(UN IGME) report 2017, six countries that account for half of the world’s under-six deaths are India, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, […]

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Stones remain unturned for the villagers of Masagalli

Stone quarrying at the cost of lives in Masagalli Village. From air pollution to water borne diseases, crop failure to skin rashes- Stone quarry and stone crushing in Masagalli village, exposes the villagers to numerous hazards Revanna, a 42-year-old organic farmer living in Masagalli in Hosanagara, wakes up to the deafening sound and pacifies his […]

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Shikaripur’s Organic Farming Problem

Shikaripur’s Problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGvY61i03So&feature=youtu.be Credits:Google Earth In Gama, a small village in Shikaripur Taluk,Shimoga district, in the Indian state of Karnataka, one farm stands out from the rest. “I practice double cropping; I grow ginger and arekaon my farm and both of them are grown using bio-organics,” said Devendrappa H., the owner of the farm. He […]

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Caste vs Government: Are the schemes really working?

Caste permeates every aspect of Indian social life and the hierarchies it imposes, and the divisions it causes, undermine the fundamental principles of equality enshrined in the Indian Constitution Caste and its abolition are, therefore, a central preoccupation of the Constitution with multiple provisions to bar and punish caste discrimination. In the Directive Principles, the […]

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Government hospitals lacking physicians and helpers

  The Sagara Taluk has lack of specialised physicians and helpers staff members in the Government Public Hospitals. The common people go for the medical treatment but the people do not get the deserved treatment for the problems of their disease. There is a shortage of specialised doctors and physicians in the hospitals and the […]

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A Recipe for Disaster: How forest laws destroy the asset they were designed to protect

Forest-dwelling communities were given a voice in the protection and management of forests by the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. But by insisting on proof of residency in the forest for three generations, the government is destroying the very communities that have safeguarded our forests. Karnataka has a forest cover of  4,335,694.80 acres(1,011,839.82 acres of deemed forest […]

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