-Newsclick.in The case study of Narela shows that informal workers exist in a perpetual cycle of precariousness, distress and displacement in a megacity. The case study of Narela shows that informal workers exist in a perpetual cycle of precariousness, distress and displacement in a megacity. While this cycle could be broken through interventions in the realms of social provisioning and legislative framework, the State’s policies instead seem to be working towards strengthening...
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Migrants’ Livelihoods during the pandemic: Challenges and opportunities -Dr. Janvi Gandhi Kanakia and others
-Leaflet.in Informal migrant workers in metropolitan cities of India have faced multiple forms of vulnerabilities in the last two years of the pandemic. Linkages across schemes for such workers are absolutely critical to creating a social security net that protects them from falling into similar cycles of poverty and destitution during macro and micro economic distresses. ON the occasion of International Labour Day, or ‘May Day’, we explore the dimensions of vulnerabilities...
More »Waterlogging pushes Haryana farmers to sell agricultural land, take up odd jobs -Sat Singh
-Mongabay.com - Perennial waterlogging in agricultural fields of Charkhi Dadri is making them uncultivable. Farmers are adopting alternate occupations or taking land on lease in other villages to continue farming. - While groundwater scarcity is a problem in many parts of North India, some 319 villages in Haryana have the opposite issue of waterlogging because of high groundwater levels. - Government interventions, saline water draining attempts and subsidies for crop diversification, along with...
More »Govt to organise week-long nationwide campaign for farmers from April 25
-PTI/ The Telegraph 'Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari' will be held as part of the government's 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' initiative Union Agriculture Ministry will organise a week-long nationwide campaign till April 30 at regional level to highlight the achievements made in the farm sector since independence and also create awareness about the various programmes run by the Centre for the benefits of farmers. The campaign Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari will be organised as...
More »1985 Supreme Court order on pavement dwellers could stall NDMC demolition drive -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Constitution bench had upheld the right to Livelihood of those who ply their trade on the footpaths The North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s bulldozers’ show of strength against roadside stalls, and push carts in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri may face resistance from a Constitution Bench judgment of the Supreme Court which had upheld the right to Livelihood of pavement dwellers who ply their trade on the footpaths out of sheer economic compulsions. Examining the...
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