Punjab

Lessons from Practice

Challenges in Scaling-up Actions of an NGO: Lessons from Kheti Virasat Mission

  • December 18, 2020

The organization receives funding from individual donors from India and abroad (non-resident Indians). Though `giving’ for charity, altruistic or social purposes is catching up among Indians, this is not enough for an adequate amount of resources flowing towards social purposes. Though many middle-class Indians can afford to provide some money towards this, they are yet to see the importance of doing so. There is a lot more money flowing towards religious purposes and festivals than for social purposes.
Lessons from Practice

Promoting Organic Farming: Lessons from Kheti Virasat Mission, Punjab

  • November 12, 2020

Will the presence of a set of successful organic farmers in Punjab, and the general perception of the safety of organic food products, encourage the majority of farmers in the state to move away from agriculture which uses chemical inputs excessively? Such a movement is needed if the negative impact on soil, water and other dimensions of the natural environment is to be reduced.

Response to COVID-19

Punjab’s Fight Against COVID-19: Hopes, Fears and the Balancing Act

  • May 20, 2020

Punjab is one of the few states which have taken relatively early and more stringent measures to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. The early actions were quite understandable as it is one of the states that has the largest diaspora living in countries most affected by the virus. A large section of these persons of Indian origin (PIO) and non-resident Indians (NRIs) travel to Punjab almost every year between October and March.

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