Checking migration: Odisha extends MGNREGA-supplementary job guarantee to 10 tribal blocks

Job-seekers to get additional Rs 115 a day over MGNREGA wage; implementation isn't proper, says expert

Denied & discouraged: Why youths not looking for jobs can be a crisis for India

A large part of the dejected population have some degree of education

Hat-trick

The Supreme Court has upheld the rights of Gujarati tribals to permanent employment

Finding a job

THE PHILIPPINES

In the dock

Were the World Bank policies faulty?

New aquaculture project

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

Draughty bill

Rural employment bill draws flak for diluting draft

Employment guarantee goes hi-tech

Job lot

An employment survey updates some known things-and throws up some new ones

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

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

Is Union Budget 2021-22 MGNREGA allocation enough to alleviate rural distress

Number of person days to reduce to 2.7-2.8 billion person days for next year, says expert

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