Madan Meher

Madan Meher is a former Senior Research Fellow (UGC) at the School of Economics, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Odisha

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Solar photovoltaics, battery manufacturing and grid infrastructure have emerged as significant sources of labour demand.

India’s net-zero pathway demands honest reckoning with industrial trade-offs

Purna Chandra Padhan

05 Mar 2026

3 min read

India’s economic vulnerability to heat is acute because a large share of its workforce depends on outdoor, heat-exposed occupations, such as agriculture, construction, transport, sanitation, and street vending

Sweat for survival? How long can India’s informal labour bear the heat

Purna Chandra Padhan

18 Feb 2026

3 min read

Invisible employer

Invisible employer

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra

16 Jan 2026

2 min read

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