How an Indian state is harvesting rewards by trading mines for forests
With a green economic plan, Chhattisgarh is now enriching its people rather than mining magnates
09 August 2021 - 18:20
In the forests of Bastar in eastern India, indigenous women have been plucking the tan-coloured fruits of the tamarind tree, a tangy staple of Indian cooking that earned them rare profits this year thanks to a bumper harvest...
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