Twice shy?

Unions greet labour ministry's plans sceptically

People's initiatives

Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments

Cattle, labour and other non-descripts

India's farm labour needs dignity

Mill land boon

But can Mumbai's civic authorities use it to solve the city's land crunch?

The Baigas and their weavers

The buzzword these days in Baigachak is the Baiga Mahapanchayat. It is an effort of Nai Disha, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Sijhora …

Not par for the coarse

The unskilled Venkataswamy

Labour vs pollution

Ever since the Supreme Court (sc) ordered closure/relocation of polluting units in Delhi, which subsequently left nearly 50,000 people jobless,…

A dark tunnel

Twenty-nine workers were killed in a landslide at the Tehri dam. The contractor building the dam has blamed the "weak mountains" for …

Thread less in 2005

Why weavers in Belgaum, Karnataka, can not go to market

Fighting for a safer workplace

Workers often fail to get proper medical treatment because they are mostly ignorant of occupational diseases.

Pick and choose

Alang: India's graveyard for ships

Women strike back

India's first alliance of women affected by mining takes shape

Making labour the fall guy

BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security

Blasted out

Gubraida gram panchayat scripts a success story by bringing illegal mining to a halt

Master plan for anarchy

The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …

Two leaves and a bud

Chirala saree weavers losing out to computer-aided designs

Hanging by a thread

Weavers of renowned Ponduru khadi are abandoning the craft

Textile therapy

A handloom trader experiments with traditional medicinal herbs for dyeing garments

Rajasthan mine workers form cooperatives

Victim of its success

MGNREGA blamed for causing labour shortage; cut in budgetary support likely

Kiln Eco-

Brickmaking is a profit-driven enterprise. At one level, it produces the basis of the built-up world. But what of the hidden -- ecological and …

Fall of golden fibre

An inefficient industry is marring prospects of jute, paving way for plastics