-Gaon Coonection Half of the southwest monsoon season is almost over, and several districts in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are still waiting for good rainfall. Paddy and pulses farmers are staring at a wilting crop. They fear a drought year ahead. Panna, Madhya Pradesh "July is about to end, but where is the rain?" With a marked anxiety in his voice, Malkhan Singh Gaud, a 55-year-old farmer from Madhya...
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The challenges of Gig-Economy -Ashish Kumar Singh & Akash Singh
-CounterCurrent.org According to a NITI Aayog recent report titled ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy’ India’s gig workforce, estimated to be at 77 lakh in 2020-21. It is expected to go up to 2.35 crore by 2029-30. Gig worker are defined by Niti Aayog as those engaged in Livelihoods outside the traditional employer-employee arrangement. Gig workers can be broadly classified into platform and non-platform-based workers. Platform workers are those whose work...
More »Why Votaries of Population Imbalance are Wrong About Muslim Growth Rate -Ashok Kumar Pandey
-Newsclick.in Politics, not facts, have weaponised demographic claims in India, but the population is still heading for a decline, and that’s true for all communities. For decades, Indian politics has revolved around the bogey of ‘explosive’ population growth. Population is routinely blamed for virtually every socio-economic problem in the country. Until the 1990s, governments actively pursued population ‘control’ measures through means fair and foul. What few mention is that effectively, India’s TFR...
More »With fish in shallow waters disappearing, fisherfolk in Kerala staring at penury -Navamy Sudhish
-The Hindu Navamy Sudhish reports on the disastrous impact of extreme climate events, rising fuel prices, destructive fishing practices, and overexploitation on Livelihoods and biodiversity As dawn breaks, Vitalis slowly glides into undulating waves below an azure sky. With a sparse crew of six, she bobs towards the fishing ground some 10 nautical miles off the shore. The boat returns after five hours, its hold nearly empty. A pall of gloom settles...
More »Beyond the right of mere existence: From the lens of slum dwellers -Harshita Gupta and Krishangee Parikh
-TheLeaflet.in The recent observations of the Delhi High Court in Samar Pal versus Union of India urge us to ponder whether the right to life of slum dwellers deals with mere existence or includes the right to Livelihood within its ambit. ——– BEYOND the skyscrapers and posh lifestyle of cosmopolitan cities of India lie the lives of millions of slum dwellers. According to the 2018 report of the World Bank, 35 per cent...
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