Articles by Suman Sahai
Heat shelters are urgently needed in rural and urban areas
This article is authored by Suman Sahai, scientist and founder chairperson, research and advocacy organisation Gene Campaign, Uttarakhand.
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Published on Apr 30, 2024 03:37 PM IST
Returning workers can bring prosperity to rural areas
We have a model to follow: China’s Township and Village Enterprises (TVEs). It started with reforms in 1978 when the country invested in raising agricultural production, agricultural mechanisation and liberalisation of rural markets
![Our migrant workers have worked in several manufacturing and services sectors such as hospitality, automobile, textiles and garments, packaging and construction. They can be the foundation on which to build a rural industrial base (Representative image)(Sunil Saxena/HT) Our migrant workers have worked in several manufacturing and services sectors such as hospitality, automobile, textiles and garments, packaging and construction. They can be the foundation on which to build a rural industrial base (Representative image)(Sunil Saxena/HT)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_300x169/HT/p2/2020/05/25/Pictures/difficult-textile-industries-domesic-largest-sustaining-panipat_95be2c18-9e73-11ea-95c6-464eb77020f3.jpg)
Updated on May 25, 2020 04:12 PM IST
The draft seeds bill favours the industry over farmers | Opinion
A 2001 law protects farmers’ interests. But the seeds bill neutralises many of the enabling measures granted in it
![In the new seeds bill, the farmer cannot claim compensation. To do so, he must approach the consumer courts under the Consumer Protection Act(Getty Images/iStockphoto) In the new seeds bill, the farmer cannot claim compensation. To do so, he must approach the consumer courts under the Consumer Protection Act(Getty Images/iStockphoto)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_300x169/HT/p2/2019/12/04/Pictures/wooden-indicum-surface-black-sesame-plate-sesamum_2db8d17c-16a1-11ea-ba57-c3a9d68be36c.jpg)
Published on Dec 04, 2019 08:21 PM IST
Save the hillsides, save the floodplains
The comparisons are inevitable. The authorities in Uttarakhand were unprepared, while the state governments in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh worked with near army-like precision. Writes Suman Sahai.
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Updated on Nov 10, 2013 08:31 PM IST
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