ओडिशा में बॉक्साइट खदान की प्रस्तावित परियोजना के कारण ओडिशा के रायगढ़ा और कालाहांडी ज़िलों में फैली सिजीमाली पहाड़ियां अपने अस्तित्व को बचाने की एक अहम लड़ाई लड़ रही हैं. खनिज निकालने की इस...
As India prides itself over its ‘gig economy’ and ’10-minute delivery,’ gig workers have constantly faced worsening odds each year for the past decade, with no support from the state or employers. Every summer,...
The incinerators have high capital costs and usually receive financial support from international institutions and subsidies in India. When Rajpal Saini retired from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, he didn’t really plan to spend...
Civil society groups and activists from across India have issued a joint appeal to more than 30 Indian banks and financial institutions, urging them to exercise stronger environmental, social and cultural diligence before financing...
It is educative and encouraging to see that this agitation and its participants – young and restless – have not only been able to dispel the veil of fear in publicly speaking up against...
As COP31 approaches, global forum in Türkiye reframes zero waste as a climate, resource and production strategy, challenging India’s petrochemical expansion and recycling-centric policies Summary At the Road to Antalya: Zero Waste as Climate...
Decades of hydropower and new ‘green’ projects like Sharavathi Pumped Storage project in Karnataka’s Western Ghats are eroding protected habitats, disrupting rivers and intensifying conflicts over land and livelihoods. India has made ambitious pledges...
An excerpt from ‘India Out of Work: Rethinking India’s Growth Story’ India Out of Work explores the growing crisis in India’s labour market. Over the past few years, non-farm jobs, which are crucial for...
An excerpt from Realising Rights: A Handbook of Welfare in India In the 2000s, the character of the welfare regime began to change. From 2004 onwards, major social policies reflected a significant shift towards...
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Women bear the burden of a lending system that profits from chronic financial distress as they borrow to pay for food, healthcare and survival. Forty-five-year-old Shabreen (name changed) lives with her two sons and...
Social protection and social security are crucial components of a country’s development agenda. Social security mechanisms not only reflect economic growth but also indicate the capacity of the state to deliver welfare to its...
Forum will demonstrate practical patchways for implementing zero-waste pathways and help mobilise finance, investment The upcoming Global Zero Waste Forum in Istanbul, Turkey from June 5-7 is not just another international conference with glossy...
In March 2023, the Government of Odisha granted a 50-year mining lease to Vedanta Limited for the captive extraction of bauxite in the Sijimali Hills located in the Rayagada and Kalahandi districts. Both districts...
When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expected outrage, maybe an apology cycle and then silence. What he got instead was 15 million Instagram followers in five...
