Jayanta Bhattacharya, Author at Tatsat Chronicle Magazine

How PMFBY Ensured Windfall Gains Of 350% For Insurance Companies

July 31, 2023

Nirmal Prajapat from Churu, Rajasthan, claims that farmers like him face an uphill task when claiming the amount payable to them under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). In most cases, he says, they are forced to resort to protest demonstrations

Heatwaves: Chilling Facts Portend Hot Future

Jayanta Bhattacharya

July 27, 2023

Sustainability

Extreme weather events are here to stay. As India experienced, summers have become more intense, followed by monsoon deluge that triggered flash floods in the North. This year’s high average summer temperatures in the plains and extreme rainfall in the Himalaya offer

Sparks of Discontent: Labour Law Reforms Raise More Questions Than Answers

Jayanta Bhattacharya

July 22, 2023

Deep Dive

During his visit to India in April this year, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook reiterated his commitments to growth and investment across the country. He met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tweeting later, “We share your vision of the positive impact

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Flimsy Cover: The Inadequacy Of Crop Insurance

Jayanta Bhattacharya

May 3, 2023

Deep Dive

The untimely rainfall and hailstorms this year have played havoc with rabi or winter crops, especially wheat, that were close to harvesting. There is likely to be a significant depletion in yield. While this may not immediately affect India’s food security, the

VIRAL DISTRUST: THE EXPLOSION OF FAKE NEWS AND MISLEADING VIDEOS

Jayanta Bhattacharya

April 11, 2023

Top Story

The pictures do not lie, but neither do they tell the whole story,” wrote Paul Auster in the novel, Travels in the Scriptorium. Though in a different context, this showed up as true recently in what could have been a sinister plot

Tears Of Ganga: The Story Of Nanami Gange

Jayanta Bhattacharya

January 5, 2023

Sustainability

The Ganga has been revered through the ages. Apart from mythological references, the constant flow and presence of certain organisms in its waters have bestowed a special status on it. The holy river has nurtured civilisation along its banks from time immemorial.

Code Orange: The Looming Threat To Food Security

Jayanta Bhattacharya

November 17, 2022

Top Story

Avinash, 42, stood at the edge of his seven acres of farmland at Orhanpur village in Nawada district of Bihar, staring at what could have been land full of paddy swaying in the light breeze, golden in the reflection of the rising

Europe Is Facing Its Worst Drought In 500 Years: Report

Jayanta Bhattacharya

August 25, 2022

Trapped By The Web

Jayanta Bhattacharya

June 3, 2022

Top Story

In India, more than five cases of cybercrime are reported on an average every hour, according to the statistics compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The Bureau, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, is responsible for collecting and analysing crime

Furrows of Distress

Jayanta Bhattacharya

April 2, 2022

Top Story

The year-long farmers’ agitation against the central government’s three farm laws has, to some extent, drawn the country’s attention towards the plight of tillers and the existing lacunae in the agriculture sector. Protests and demonstrations have taken place earlier too, but this

Jayanta Bhattacharya

How PMFBY Ensured Windfall Gains Of 350% For Insurance Companies

Heatwaves: Chilling Facts Portend Hot Future

Sparks of Discontent: Labour Law Reforms Raise More Questions Than Answers

Flimsy Cover: The Inadequacy Of Crop Insurance

VIRAL DISTRUST: THE EXPLOSION OF FAKE NEWS AND MISLEADING VIDEOS

Tears Of Ganga: The Story Of Nanami Gange

Code Orange: The Looming Threat To Food Security

Europe Is Facing Its Worst Drought In 500 Years: Report

Trapped By The Web

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