Are the Laterite Plateaus of Ratnagiri auctioned for Refinery ‘Wastelands’?
William D’Souza, a 55-year old farmer from Kuthethur, Mangalore was busy mixing cattle feed when we arrived at his doorsteps.
Ratnagiri Refinery Opposition: An unwavering courage to save Konkan
From opposing the world's largest nuclear power generating station to the world's largest single-location integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, the residents of areas along the Konkan coast have been fighting for their land and...
From (de)control to ease of privatisation
The union government deregulated the price of petrol in 2010 and diesel in 2015, after which, on paper, oil marketing companies (OMCs) were free to fix the price of the respective fuel, based on...