The dying art form of sankirtan mandalis , recently revived by the women of Odisha’s villages, is being enlisted by forest officials to spread awareness about protecting forests Roli Srivastava Rakhi Ghosh Members of  sankirtan mandali perform in the village before going to stage of Solah Prahari Yagyan. Ashutosh Maharana/ The Migration Story KEONJHAR/ANGUL, Odisha:  The women of Murgapahadi village in eastern India have for years managed farms and children, walked to forests

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The Maharashtra government has been offering subsidies to farmers to dig wells to help them tackle extreme water scarcity, which has led to the creation of jobs for well diggers from another drought-hit state -- Rajasthan Roli Srivastava Varsha Torgalkar Video producer: Deekshith R Pai Illustrations: Abhiruchi Das

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Labour unions and worker rights' campaigners called for protection of livelihoods and preparing people for the future of work at the recently concluded COP29 in Baku Roli Srivastava  Green skilling the workforce was a talking point at COP29 with many discussions on the subject. Labour unions and worker rights' campaigners called for protection of livelihoods and preparing people for the future of work. A green transition could fuel migration making it important to ensure the

Campaigners at COP29 underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, speak on whether the climate summit will deliver on gender justice. Roli Srivastava What does COP29 mean for India's most marginalised groups, women in particular? As world leaders, campaigners and industry bodies take part in COP29, it opens up the question if it would deliver on gender justice? Is the inclusion of women in the green workforce being discussed or their increasing vulnerability to climate disasters? Will COP29

Pachgaon village in Maharashtra has tapped its forest to start a bamboo business, create jobs and arrest migration. The village pays taxes and is also making a neat profit. Roli Srivastava The bamboo depot in Pachgaon village in Maharashtra. Roli Srivastava/The Migration Story PACHGAON, Maharashtra:  It’s a little past 10 am and the sound of axes clacking against wood envelop the forest in Pachgaon in central India as axe-wielding villagers work in a collective rhythm, cuttin

The story of a village collective that is tapping decades-old laws to financially empower tribal villages Roli Srivastava Deekshith R Pai  Zendepar, a tiny hamlet of 300 residents, is the latest village in Korchi taluka (cluster) in the lushly wooded Gadchiroli district to exert its legal right on forest land. It has ventured to do this on the back of rare wins scored in recent years by neighbouring villages—victories that were extracted by tapping into decades-old Indian law

India gives tribal villages rights over forest land and its produce but the laws have been poorly implemented. A union of villages in Maharashtra is now using them to guard their green cover and monetise the produce, which has arrested migration from villages Roli Srivastava Amita Madavi stands in the forest that her village is trying to protect from a mining project in Zendepar, Maharashtra. Roli Srivastava/The Migration Story ZENDEPAR, Maharashtra:  Amita Madavi, 38, doesn’

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