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24/12/22 09:09 AM IST

First 'Rohini Nayyar Prize 2022'

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  • Sethrichem Sangtam, who helped triple the incomes of 1,200 marginalised farmers in Eastern Nagaland, was awarded the first Rohini Nayyar prize.
About Sangtam
  • Mr. Sangtam works with 1,200 marginalised farmers in Eastern Nagaland through his organisation ‘Better Life Foundation’, which focusses on rural livelihood security, environment sustainability and education for change.
  • Among his many achievements were encouraging farmers in the region to abandon wasteful slash, burn cultivation and move to permanent farming.
  • The average income of the farmers tripled as a result of his interventions.
About the Prize
  • The prize had been instituted by the family of the late Dr. Rohini Nayyar, an eminent scholar-administrator who spent much of her professional life working on issues related to rural development in India.
  • Dr. Nayyar, a well-known economist and former principal adviser at the erstwhile Planning Commission, was one of India’s foremost authorities on rural development.
  • She passed away in October 2021.
Source- The Hindu

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