Fickle weather destroying farmlands and eroding livelihoods fuel rural to urban migration but some rural communities are finding ways to adapt. Faraz Rupani Pavan Khadse File picture Recent estimates from the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) suggest that over   400 million  (EAC-PM, 2024) people in India have migrated internally, from both rural and urban areas. While the report does not provide a rural-urban split, the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PL

Understanding India’s migration patterns is critical but a re there any systematic ways to measure and record the counts, reasons, destinations, and timing of movement to understand migration patterns? And why should citizens and governments care? Yashita Singh Migrant women working and living in a construction site in Bengaluru. Pic credit: Yashita Singh In India, migration is impossible to ignore and has been part of our culture . While the Census says most migration is due

Rain-fed farming has traditionally escaped policy and funding attention, though it engages more than 60% of India’s farmers. In...

Data centres worldwide consume vast amounts of electricity and water, potentially straining resources. With AI’s growth, the footprint is set to balloon. Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar Pic credit: Wikimedia Commons Last month, a UK government agency called  on residents to help mitigate the country’s water crisis.  Among the Environment Agency’s suggestions on how people could save water were expected common-sense ones such as turning off taps and fixing leaking pipes. And then the

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From tents in the rain to teeming barracks and now cramped vertical slums, Ulhasnagar has seen generations of migrants, first from Sindh,...

More cities are flooding under heavy rains, but drainage, zoning, and warning systems lag far behind. Vaishnavi Chandrasekar Pic credit:...

Mumbai’s early monsoon and rising heatwaves expose deep gaps in climate preparedness. Despite big plans and budgets under MCAP,...

It’s not just rising temperatures—moisture, unpredictability, and urbanisation are reshaping how India experiences heat. Vaishnavi...

The trajectory of labour employment in the manufacturing sector—from formal to unorganized—has deepened worker insecurities and raises...

Domestic workers, largely women, go from their family to another family system to slave. There is an urgent need to regulate their wages,...

On the dusty outskirts of Mahemdavad, Gujarat, a three-year-old's death in a brick kiln peeled back the multiple layers of bonded labour,...

The third UN Ocean Conference at Nice, France will push for a treaty to protect the high seas and garner new commitments for ocean...

The South Asian region has a history of colonial violence, resulting in a brutal legacy which has also impacted its borders. In this...

In 2023, an estimated 97,000 Indians arrived illegally in the U.S., taking complicated routes, traversing multiple countries or even...

It’s April and heatwaves are already sweeping parts of India. What steps are the central and state governments taking to protect citizens...

From green shades to cold wards, municipalities are experimenting with measures to cope with rising heat. But the long-term solution lies...

One of India’s poorest states showed enterprise and initiative to bring back its workers home amid a raging pandemic Bhargabi Ghosh When...

For cycle rickshaw pullers and other 'footloose workers', subsidised meals provided at state run canteens are often the only wholesome...