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A day in the life of a car park Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 85 seconds We spent eight hours on a building's terrace at Connaught Place in Delhi, shooting a car parking lot. Cars kept whizzing in and out of the camera's frame like busy bees. What amazed us however, was that the occupants of all the cars put together could have fitted into a single bus. Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat http://www.downto earth.org.in Related: automobiles, bikes, delhi, global, jam, mass, mcd, metro, parking, public, space, traffic, transit, transport, warming |
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Tikait on Green revolution Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 237 seconds When asked to comment on the green revolution, Mahendra singh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader relates it to issues of organic farming, Indian agricultural research, hybrid seeds and rising farm input prices in a freewheeling interview with Down To Earth. website http://www.downto earth.org.in/ Related: agri-business, bollguard, farming, m.s, mahndra, ofai, organic, self, singh, sufficiency, sustainable, swaminathan, tikait |
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Tikait claims, the market killed the farmer! Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 312 seconds Why doesn't it pay to be a farmer anymore? Watch Mahendra Singh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader make sense of the markets and reforms offered to the Indian farmer, in this exclusive interview with Down to Earth. Related: agricultural, agricuture, agro, economics, indian, mahendra, markets, minimum, msp, policies, prices, singh, support, tikait |
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Tikait on Farm Subsidies Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 138 seconds Mahendra Singh Tikait's views on farm subsidies and the WTO talks underline the futility of it all. How these global negotiations make more noise and little sense for the Indian farmer. Related: ams, aoa, cotton, eu, farm, fertilizer, food, imports, kamal, nath., organisation, subsidies, total, trade, world, wto |
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Tikait on farmer loans Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 105 seconds "We don't need loans or waivers...just, give us the right prices for our produce",says Mahendra singh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader in a frank interview with Down To Earth. Website www.downtoearth.o rg.in Related: aadmi, aam, agriculture, farmer, india, institutional, loans, mahendra, microfinance, p.chidambaran, singh, tikait |
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Tikait on farmer leaders and politics Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 110 seconds "The government makes policies without consulting the farmers, the few who claim to represent us are agents...of companies",says Mahendra Singh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader in an interview with Down to Earth. Related: agri-business, bharat, companies, farmer, fertilizermanufacturers, joshi, kisan, pesticide, sharad, union, unions |
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Tikait on loan waiver Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 99 seconds "We don't need loans or waivers...just, give us the right prices for our produce",says Mahendra singh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader in a frank interview with Down To Earth. Related: 2008, agriculture, budget, economics, farmer, india, loan, loans, mahendra, microfinance, scheme, singh, tikait, union, waiver |
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Tikait on Pesticide manufacturers Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 71 seconds Mahendra singh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader in an intrview with Down To Earth, felt that the rise of multinationals in the Agro-business threatens the sovereignity of the Indian farmer. Webiste www.downtoearth.o rg.in Related: bku, agriculture, agro, an, bank, bharat, chemical, in, intrview, kisan, leader, loans, mahendra, singh, tikait, union, world |
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Tikait on labour rates Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 50 seconds Don't get caught up with labour rates, it is the economics behind labour and market that has completely changed, says Mahendra Singh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader in this exclusive interview with Down to Earth. Related: agricultural, agricuture, agro, economic, economics, indian, labour, mahendra, markets, policies, rates, singh, tikait, wages |
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Rat - hole Mining in Sutnga village in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya #2.mov Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 65 seconds Rat-hole mining in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya is a people run enterprise. The state government does not benefit from the revenue generated, which explains the unregulated running of these small scale establishments. http://www.downtoear th.org.in/ Related: coal, decentralized, hills, india, jaintia, meghalaya, mining, north-east, rat-hole, scale, small |
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Rat - hole Mining in Sutnga village in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya #1 Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 85 seconds People see money and oppurtunity in rat-hole mining and mechanize to extract maximum profits. http://www.downtoear th.org.in/ Related: 1, hills, hole, in, jaintia, meghalaya, mining, rat, sutnga, village |
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Tikait on SEZ and Indian farmer Posted by: downtoearthfilms
Video duration: 85 seconds Darkness lies ahead for the Indian Farmer, says Mahendra Singh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader in this exclusive interview with Down to Earth. Related: agriculture, bharat, economic, indian, industries, kisan, land, mahendra, sez, singh, special, tikait, union, zones |
