Browsing by Author "Agarwal, Dipti"

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    Rural project report for communication of investment opportunities in Bagru Khurd, Rajasthan
    (MICA, 2008) Agarwal, Dipti; Divya, Kumari; Maheshwari, Prerna
    Land Acquisition means acquirement of land for some public purpose by government or a government organization, as authorised by the law, from the individual property-owner after paying compensation fixed by government, in lieu of losses incurred by land owner due to conceding his land to the government agency. Land acquisition is a sensitive and controversial issue and the costs of such an exercise include displacement of farmers. Farm worker families, who are dependent upon their farms for their livelihoods, get displaced. Loss of income to the farming and the farm worker families, degradation of local rural economies are the other unfavourable effects of land acquisition.
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    Rural Research Project: Ranu
    (MICA, 2008) Agarwal, Dipti; Chitta, Himabindu; Nair, Radhika; Amin, Sheena
    On visiting a farm about 5 kms before Ranu village, we had a chance to talk to the farmer (Naginbhai Tribhovandas Patel) and the workers (Raojibhai Ranchodbhai Barya and Ambubhai Maganbhai Solanki) there. Bhikhabhai was sitting on his wooden bed smoking a beedi. He had 4 well‐fed buffalos and 1 healthy cow. He said that the cow gave 6 litres of milk daily and the buffalo gave 5 litres of milk twice a day. The main crop on this farm was kapas or cotton. They explained to us the stages of cotton growing. On sowing the seeds, the yellow flower is the one that is first born, then turns red and turns into a fruit which yields the cotton crop. Bhikabhai picks up cotton once a week and sells 1 quintal for Rs. 26.00 in Ranu. Raojibhai is 45 years old and Ambubhai is 60 years. Both are from Ranu village and work on the farm from 8 AM to 6 PM with a lunch break from 12 to 3 PM. They water the field thrice a month and use a fertiliser called Monocoto Nyan Sulphate twice a month before irrigation.
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    Tracing reasons for the popularity of music : a case study on the Bollywood hits of 2008
    (Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, 2009) Agarwal, Dipti; Richa Agrawal