The industry is fruitful in some ways - hundreds of trucks stacked with mineral-rich soil journey back and forth regularly between the mine and processing plants - but it is damaging in others. Farmers say their fields are stripped of fertile earth and livestock desperately comb through now-barren lands for feed.
It has taken the collaboration between public and private sectors to improve the status of the Indian healthcare ecosystem. It is now at a crossroads to become a global hub and once again requires the spirit of partnership to shine
Odisha rejected around 80,000 forest dwellers’ claims over forest land as the country was battered by Covid-19. Many rejections were done on dubious grounds.