The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) drive in Bihar has sparked a debate on the process and its impact on voter registration. In India's second highest outmigration state, the drive could have a disproportionate impact on low income migrant workers and their families.  Anuja

T he Indian government has this month officially notified the 2027 census, ending years of delay. But low income migrant workers have often found themselves being left out of the count due to a high mobility factor. Anuja

Preference for cities not too far from home, growing importance of children’s education and dipping bargaining power for wages, the...

Five years after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to control the spread of Covid-19, which led to one of the largest exodus by migrant workers in India, the fear of living in cities remains Anuja

Not all migrants travel back home to celebrate the biggest festival of Bihar - Chhath. Countless celebrations dot major cities like Delhi where lakhs of migrants congregate to worship the rising and the setting sun Anuja FIle image of Chhath celebrations in Delhi. Picture courtesy: Praveen Jain/ThePrint NEW DELHI:  On a warm October morning, Ram Kishor Sah and Ghanshyam Jha sat by the roadside on plastic chairs at a busy, noisy intersection in East Delhi’s Geeta Colony, and d

Low-income migrant workers are the first victims of domicile job quotas, which experts say is a populist approach to garner votes but overlooks the cascading impact such policies would have on livelihoods and state economies  Anuja File image.  Pic credit: Tanmoy Bhaduri  It took the Congress party-led Karnataka government less than 48 hours and a severe industry backlash to first clear  and later withdraw  a draft bill in July aimed at reserving jobs for locals. It mandated