Both financial and non-financial factors matter for ASHAs: Study
Preferences change depending on factors including level of education, size of family, status as main earner
Replacing news editors with AI is a worry for misinformation, bias and accountability
A newspaper in Germany is reportedly adopting artificial intelligence to replace certain editorial roles
How AI, other technologies are already disrupting workplaces
BT’s transition from copper to optical fibre is simply the latest technology transition
COVID-19 migrants: Future of work and production
Work needs to be reimagined. This is an opportunity to renew rural economies and make them resilient; but it won’t to be easy
A job in a warzone or unemployment at home
Indian diplomatic missions need to closely monitor the security situation and assess the threat perceptions to its communities
African countries are fighting an addiction
Africa is the only continent that imports more food than it produces. Down To Earth brings ground report from 10 African countries to assess …
Internal migration in India: Why, Where, How much
Millions leave there homes in India, especially its villages, in search of livelihood and flock towards cities relatively more affluent
Why we need basic universal income in post-COVID world
Without much larger injections of cash, we would still be facing a reduction in aggregate demand and an inevitable recession
Where will farmers go to get jobs?
There is a significant reduction in farm jobs. India must create alternative opportunities for those abandoning agriculture
IIM fee hike: What are the consequences
Fee hike in unregulated IIMs and the lack of it in regulated institutions elucidate a grave concern. Did the autonomy play a significant role in …
COVID-19 lockdown: Isn’t it time for the State to do business again?
The government has to step away from its role of a regulator succumbing to the pressure of businesses; it must recognise its power as procurer / …
Fighting climate change: Why we need more policy experts, green jobs in India
We cannot leave the creation of green jobs to the future; they need to be created now
More new exits than additions in EPF scheme in last 2 years
This dip could be because small units have closed down during the pandemic, say experts
MGNREGA: Today and tomorrow
The programme can provide a safety net for the poor, not just in COVID-19 times, but for times to come
An old elegy for a new season
Assurance of a normal monsoon doesn’t decide agricultural performance anymore
Rural unemployment in central India: Why Adivasi communities are worst-hit
The focus of MGNREGA has to be re-shifted to employment generation from asset building
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
Modi and irrational exuberance
India's youth is pinning its hopes of jobs on the development promise of Modi. Can he deliver?
Critical to focus on green jobs, entrepreneurship while teaching Environmental Studies
Necessary that teachers go beyond textbook to tackle challenges students will face in the world
COVID-19: Bihar profiles returned migrant workers for skills
The industry department has profiled skills of more than 80,000 migrant workers so far
COVID-19: UP stares at mammoth challenge as migrants return home
More than 1.2 million migrants returned to Uttar Pradesh since the nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25, according to state official
Elusive hunt for skills and jobs
Budget outlays will not do much for job creation or readying youth for skilled work
Tapping the skills of the gun makers of Munger
Traditional gun makers in Bihar's Munger district are exceptionally skilled; with a little help they could find jobs in legal arms factories
Energy transition can add 5.5 mln jobs by 2023: Report
International Renewable Energy Agency bats for stimulus as post-COVID-19 strategy
MGNREGA: Demand for work up 74% in June
40 million rural households turn to job scheme — the highest since 2013-14