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Unpacking just transitions
In our brand new mini-series on Just Transitions, we start by understanding what we mean by just transition Namrata Raju
Namrata Raju
Apr 301 min read


Lockdown Push To Migrant Tech Apps
The job crisis during the pandemic five years ago led to the creation of mobile apps connecting workers to jobs Mansi Bhaktwani...
Deekshith Pai and Mansi Bhaktwani
Apr 171 min read


Beneath the panel
A massive solar park in Tamil Nadu has fuelled migration and those left behind count losses after giving up their land for the project...

Aparna Ganesan
Apr 11 min read


Counting the invisible millions
A unique initiative to register migrant workers and connect them with social security schemes was launched in Jharkhand in 2020. Five...

Rahul Singh and Deekshith R Pai
Apr 11 min read


How water distress created jobs, and a migration corridor
Maharashtra government has been offering subsidies to farmers to tackle extreme water scarcity, which has led to the creation of jobs for...

Roli Srivastava and Varsha Torgalkar
Mar 211 min read


Migrant workers & the data gap: the climate question
In 2020, an estimated 14 million people in the country were forced to migrate as a consequence of extreme weather events. But climate...

Nidhi Jamwal, Naveen Kumar Manoharan
Mar 41 min read


Migrant workers and the data gap
M igrant workers contribute to nearly 10% of India’s GDP, but there is no real estimate on their exact numbers. Why is counting migrants...

Nidhi Jamwal, Naveen Kumar Manoharan
Feb 281 min read


Working hours and the working class
Various industrialists have suggested that Indians should work longer hours for success. But how hard do Indians actually work? Namrata Raju
Namrata Raju
Feb 101 min read


Pomegranate blooms in the desert, creates jobs
Pomegranate farming in the past decade in water-starved Barmer has yielded gains for farmers and created a new migration corridor between...
Salim Attar and Mritunjay Kumar
Jan 311 min read


Trapped in the protection net
The Odisha government's sustained efforts to protect the vulnerable olive ridley turtles has yielded results. Now local fishermen, forced...
Rakhi Ghosh and Deekshith Pai
Jan 311 min read


Sounds and sites of street vending
The fourth in our L is for Labour series unpacks the ingredients of street vending work in India, also examining issues like informality...
Namrata Raju
Jan 81 min read


India's 2024 Climate Story
India has seen a major rise in extreme weather events, recording heat waves, cold waves, cyclones, lightning, heavy rainfall, floods,...

Mansi Bhaktwani
Dec 26, 20242 min read


Sinking islands, Empty houses
Thousands of people have migrated from Ghoramara in the eco-fragile Sundarbans _ the world’s largest mangrove vegetation _ as the island...
Ritwika Mitra and Deekshith R Pai
Dec 13, 20241 min read


The fear of a green future?
Labour unions and worker rights' campaigners called for protection of livelihoods and preparing people for the future of work at the...

Roli Srivastava
Nov 27, 20241 min read


The brick and mortar of construction work
The construction industry is one of India's biggest employers but how well do we understand labourers? Namrata Raju The construction...
Namrata Raju
Nov 27, 20241 min read


Up in Smoke
Prakhar Dobhal Swara Garge Delhi's pollution has cast a shadow on the earnings of migrant workers who travel to the city every year...
Swara Garge and Prakhar Dobhal
Nov 14, 20241 min read


The Rush To Go Home
The recent festival rush in trains is reflective of the challenges migrant workers face through the year on these journeys Deekshith Pai...
Deekshith Pai and Mansi Bhaktwani
Nov 7, 20241 min read


The help desks of rural Jharkhand
Nagarik Sahayta Kendras, a collaboration between civil society organisations and the government, were launched to help villagers get jobs...

Esha Roy
Oct 28, 20241 min read


G is for Gig Work
In the second part of the 'L is for Labour' series, a look at the precarity of gig workers and their often overlooked importance in urban...
Namrata Raju
Oct 16, 20241 min read


Playing god
In the migrant neighbourhoods of New Delhi, workers don the role of characters from the Ramayana, enthralling audiences with their...
Swara Garge and Prakhar Dobhal
Oct 10, 20241 min read

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