Is Delhi prepared to handle its e-waste?

In India, over 95 per cent of e-waste generated is managed by the unorganised sector. Integrating and formalising this sector can help …

At 130, India ranks one among lowest in Human Development Index

A report that assesses 188 countries urges to improve working conditions for people involved in unpaid labour

From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees

DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …

Climate change affecting jobs in South Asia

Training in green skills must for youth: report

Seed money: Chironji ensures cash supply for forest dwellers

When it comes to minor forest produce, chironji plays a key role in keeping the rural economy going

COVID-19: Sales hit, Odisha sculptors struggle to stay afloat

Absence of tourists and cancelled festival celebrations have hit their livelihood

Post-pandemic: Fear, time, mass death dominate the world of the novel coronavirus

COVID-19 has 3 official narratives — the medical and the governmental are presented emphatically; the social is ignored

Can goats secure livelihood for small and marginal farmers?

The Centre's discussions on boosting the goat sector to double farmers’ incomes may be futile if fodder and grazing lands, both …

Communities denied justice due to logjam between tribal affairs and environment ministry

Even as cases of FRA violations are being reported, the environment ministry has backtracked on its earlier promise of involving communities in …

On a fast track: How MGNREGA is allaying job distress in UP’s Jalaun

Jalaun district administration spent 70% of labour budget between April and July, says official

Murdering the Mekong river

The Lao and Thai governments plan to build mainstream dams and irrigation take offs on the river. This will convert this mighty waterway into …

Cyclone Amphan: How brick homes, Aila embankments saved the day at Sundarbans village

The embankments made in the aftermath of Cylone Aila of 2009 stood firm against the disaster, claimed officials

Amphan aftermath: Sundarbans villagers try to pick up pieces

Theft at relief centres, lack of toilets add to villagers’ woes five days after cyclone Amphan struck Bengal

Common Facility Centre: A rallying point for SHG-FPO convergence

There is much to gain for FPOs if they converge with local SHGs. Nothing is more amenable for SHGs than delegating the responsibility of building …

Rural crisis imminent as budget gives villages a miss

Cut in allocation for rural development comes at a time when most villages are witnessing reverse migration, resulting in 3 per cent dip in rural …

Street vendors bill passed by Rajya Sabha

Legislation meant to ensure protection of livelihood and social security of street vendors

Faceless and dispossessed: India’s circular migrants in the times of COVID-19

The 2011 Census said India has 454 million migrants, 54 million of whom are interstate workers. But the data accounts for a fraction of workers …

Policy vacuum

In the absence of norms, political expediency becomes the norm for water transfers

Will agriculture help twice-returned Saurashtra migrants tide over COVID-19 crisis?

Several Saurashtra migrants who had returned to work in Surat in May-end said they have fallen back on land resources for agriculture 

COVID-19: A long lull for Kashmir’s cherry, strawberry growers

Farmers struggle to find consumers, exports badly hit due to lockdown 

Bagh and its legacy in print

The famous print fabric of Bagh town in Madhya Pradesh is a traditional art form that is a source of non-agricultural livelihood for people.

Nuclear power at the cost of livelihood

How technology is helping Indian, Sri Lankan fishermen amid climate change patterns

Numer 8, an analytics company in India, is helping fishermen practice sustainable and safe fishing 

More than 19 mln people can face food insecurity in west, central Africa: Report

People more likely to die of starvation caused by the economic fallout of COVID-19 pandemic than the disease itself, says the report

COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan: Betel vine farmers struck by double blow

West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district was the worst hit