Jharkhand’s Palamu — one of India’s poorest districts with a per-capita income of Rs12,742 a year, according to the Institute of Human Development (IHD) — is home to about 2 million people engaged mostly in farming.
About 30% of them, mostly tribals and dalits, live below the official poverty line, according to IHD. Several just die. Palamu is a hotbed of bonded labour. Feudal lords ruled the region for decades; semi-feudal conditions still exist. Low productivity in the fields and a poor labour market have over the years sent the agrarian district into a depressing socio-economic spiral
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