New East vs new West

Another "developing" divide

A government in denial

Cannot wish ecological poverty away

The state of welfare

Is the UPA government on social overdrive?

Employment bill passed

Amended version improves upon original, but not enough

Rooftop solar power’s massive job potential untapped

India has only met 9.5 per cent of the target for roof-top solar power, which has the maximum job potential

Anger of the jobless youth

Their frustrations in an unjust world can take various expressions—a fidayeen in Iraq, a stone pelter in Kashmir, a mercenary in Saudi …

Playing dice with development

Like all such meetings before, the UN World Summit in Copenhagen had to address the needs of the commoner, the bedrock of all nations

Centre has withheld Rs 7,500 crore in MGNREGA funds to West Bengal for a year, claims report

MGNREGA workers in Bengal not paid wages of Rs 2744 crore for a year, report by Libtech India found  

Jobs round the year: How MGNREGA made Balangir job-secure

The success of MGNREGA projects has made Odisha offer 300 days of guaranteed work a year to curb distress migration in this district

MGNREGA causing labour crisis: RBI

Rural households in six states said they prefer working under MGNREGA rather than traditional labour, leading to an agricultural labour crisis

Bengal MGNREGA workers lost up to Rs 6,046 crore in wages during April-December 2022

 A study estimates that workers have lost income by 83%, compelling them to borrow money for survival 

Surviving on fish from gutter, rice: West Bengal workers bear brunt of Central freeze on MGNREGA funds

DTE ground report finds pending wages and non-commissioning of work for over a year making it hard for workers to survive

People from which Indian states migrate the most? Answers will surprise you

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh have the highest overall migration rate according to a recent ILO report

Orchard in nowhere: How MGNREGA has helped in greening up Sabarkantha villages

The district in arid northern Gujarat has taken up orchard cultivations

Towards a global anti-poverty convention

Blue-collar job declining worldwide

Traditional knowledge: Let the people decide

PERU

What's the motive?

In 2 years, 80% cashew producing units closed in Kollam

Huge operational costs and unfriendly government policies led to the closure of the units; it also left 0.35 million people jobless, mostly women&…

Why factory jobs for Ethiopian women haven’t translated into greater participation in politics

Income and job status have less of an impact on women in authoritarian contexts than in advanced democracies

Look back at the decade: Unemployment

Outtake from the second decade of the new millemium: India desperately needs to avail jobs for its ever increasing youth population

Evolution of work

The history of the working class and how working people gained and lost privileges through the ages

Generational spasm

To address the growing unrest across the world, we need to effectively utilise the demographic dividend

Job chances decline for factory workers

With technology advancing at a tremendous pace, companies are retrenching unskilled employees. The effect is being felt most in Europe