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

Even as thousands of informal-sector workers struggle amid the construction slowdown in Gujarat, the government spent less than 20% of its labour cess funds for workers’ welfare last year Bansari Kamdar Young labourers wait at Gurukul naka, hoping to be hired for the day’s work as dawn breaks at the labour market in Ahmedabad. Bansari Kamdar/The Migration Story  AHMEDABAD, Gujarat: Every morning at 7 o’clock, Jitubhai Somdhi walks to the Gurukul labour centre or kadia naka, o

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

Many young migrant workers are signing up to construct renewable energy parks in India, but wage delays and lack of amenities is forcing them to quit their jobs within months Anuradha Nagaraj An under construction solar park in Kachchh district of Gujarat. Anuradha Nagaraj/The Migration Story KHAVADA, Gujarat:  A month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Khavada in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 o

Idol makers from the Mogiya community from Kumbhalgarh in Rajasthan migrate to Pune every year to sculpt idols for Ganesh Chaturthi....

Archana Kotecha, founder and CEO of The Remedy Project discusses the ways in which global supply chains are linked with abusive working...

In Gurugram, hundreds of Bengali-speaking workers, many of them Indian citizens, now live in fear after a police crackdown on “illegal...

Workers ensure a flow of funds home to Kalahandi from Kerala, transforming lives of their families, with many aiming to save enough to...

The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) drive in Bihar has sparked a debate on the process and its impact on voter registration. In...

The yellow taxi isn’t just a vehicle—it’s a livelihood, a symbol, whose history has been carried by generations of migrant drivers in...

The migrant workers’ exodus from Gurugram amid a crackdown by the police has disrupted domestic work and sanitation, with residents...

Waste pickers, the backbone of global recycling, are demanding recognition, income security, and a just transition as the world moves...

The continued suffering of migrants owing to extractive work practices and discriminatory legal and policy regimes in the Gulf explains...

The recent flash floods in Uttarkashi aren’t surprising for campaigners speaking up against rising pilgrim numbers, unchecked...

In the Mangalajodi wetlands of Odisha’s, men migrating for work turn conservationists and guides for birding enthusiasts during tourist...

Dizzy spells, irregular periods and no access to medical aid. Delhi's scorching heat before the rains hit the capital impacted its...

As the World Breastfeeding Week (August 1–7) concludes today, we take you to brick kilns of Uttar Pradesh where informed choices,...

The carnage seen at Sigachi factory blast in Telangana is not the first where workers and their families have borne the brunt and will...

Over 1,700 ghost villages now lie empty across the Himalayan state, homes locked, fields barren, and communities lost. Aishwarya Mohanty

Ca n we superimpose solutions from Western countries as we seek out these “Just Transitions” in the coal industry Namrata Raju