Nearly 37,000 expatriate Keralites have already lost their jobs due to recession. How do you plan to combat the effect of the latest Dubai crisis on Gulf NRIs? This is not going to be on any scale as with Kuwait during the Gulf War. But nevertheless, it is a matter of serious concern. It is better to be prepared than underprepared. We are planning two schemes. One, we are constituting...

CITIES MAKE one simple promise to newcomers: Sacrifice yourself to me and your children shall prosper. This promise drew Ahmed Raza, a small-time wrestler from an Uttar Pradesh village and millions like him to the capital of newly-independent India. Raza kept his part of the bargain, yet half a century later, his daughter was pushed out of the city her father helped build, the only home she has known. “I...

Despite signs of an economic revival gathering pace around the globe, the millions of people laid off during the worst recession in 70 years are unlikely to see relief any time soon as joblessness is still climbing in many of the world's largest economies. Unemployment data typically lags other indicators of economic health as companies hold off adding staff in the early stages of a rebound. The upturns recorded recently in...

The 2009 Human Development Report (HDR), released simultaneously across the world on Monday, makes a strong case for removing barriers to migration within and across borders, arguing that human movement had brought perceptible all-round benefits and held the potential to improve the lives of millions of poor and low-skilled people. Released jointly here by Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and United Nations Resident Coordinator Patrice Coeur-Bizot, the...

खास बात • किसी प्रांत से उसी प्रांत में और किसी एक प्रांत से दूसरे प्रांत में पलायन करने वालों की संख्या पिछले एक दशक में ९ करोड़ ८० लाख तक जा पहुंची है। इसमें ६ करोड़ १० लाख लोगों ने ग्रामीण से ग्रामीण इलाकों में और ३ करोड़ ६० लाख लोगों ने गावों से शहरों की ओर पलायन किया। # • पिछले एक दशक को आधार मानकर अगर इस बात की गणना करें कि किसी वासस्थान को छोड़कर कितने लोग दूसरी जगह रहने...