TELANGANA'S FARMERS
Registration of informal land sales
TELANGANA'S FARMERS : Registration of informal land sales

Telangana’s free registration of plain paper land sale initiative to digitally clean up its land records not only benefits its dispossessed farmers but makes land governance transparent, reports Manipadma Jena.

#Land #Agriculture
BLOG: RESISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION
The seeds of revolution
BLOG: RESISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION : The seeds of revolution

Deccan Development Society (DDS) is transforming the lives of villagers of Zaheerhabad, Telangana. Ashish Kothari visited the place recently and writes about how DDS is successfully working with Dalit farmers towards ecologically sustainable farming, women empowerment and community-led communications.

#Ashish Kothari #OP-ED #Ecommentary
TELANGANA FAMILY SURVEY
Tracking fears, hopes and facts in a new state

Widely labelled as the first of its kind, the Intensive Family Survey conducted in Telangana on 19 August gave rise to a range of speculations, and predictably drew its share of brickbats and bouquets.

#Government
TELANGANA TROUBLES
Two states with healthcare for one
TELANGANA TROUBLES : Two states with healthcare for one

Already struggling with low budgetary allocation for healthcare and shortage of trained staff, health services in Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh have taken a more serious hit due to issues arising out of bifurcation. Tejaswini Pagadala reports.

#Public Health #Government #Health #ANDHRA PRADESH
AP ELECTIONS
Why voters in Telangana are still puzzled

Days before Telangana goes to polls, Venugopalrao Nellutla examines the lack of exuberance and the dilemmas among people in the region, even as they look ahead to statehood and their own government in weeks from now.

#Elections #Government
THE FATE OF NOMADIC CASTES
Orphans of our society
THE FATE OF NOMADIC CASTES : Orphans of our society

Ignored by the government, shunned by society and caught in a time-warp of their own, the nomadic castes and tribes of India are almost "non citizens" of the land. R. Akhileshwari describes the abysmal plight of such people from Andhra Pradesh and highlights the injustice and neglect that they are subject to.

#Caste #Society #ANDHRA PRADESH
  • Population : 39.3 m (2019 est)
  • Area : 112,077 sq.km.
  • Density : 351/sq. km.
  • Sex Ratio : 985 (2011)
  • Child Sex Ratio : 932 (2011)
  • Literacy : 72.80% (2020)
  • Forest Cover : 18.36% (2019)
  • Lok Sabha MPs : 17
  • Rajya Sabha MPs : 7