The progress in the spread of education in Odisha, though remarkable in the past decades, remains uneven and unequal across the regions and communities. Based on various secondary data sources, this study has attempted to assess the educational status of women in the state. It examines different...

Agriculture in Arunachal Pradesh, a state located in the eastern Himalayas, used to be primarily need-based. Slash and burn agriculture, locally called jhum, was the foundation of the traditional economy. In the past decades, agriculture in the mountain areas has undergone significant change....

This study examines the interrelationship between poverty and forest dependency in one of the poorest regions of India, on the basis of household-level data generated through a primary survey. The findings suggest significant heterogeneity in the extent and nature of forest dependency across...