Did Employment Conditions Worsen for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes before COVID-19 hit India?
Puja Pal[1] and Amit Kumar[2] The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionate adverse impact on the individuals … Read more
Economy
Of Migration, State Directives and Labour Laws: The case of Uttar Pradesh
Kingshuk Sarkar Uttar Pradesh government’s directive to employers outside to take approval if they desire … Read more
We Need to Rethink our Economics to Avoid Future Epidemics
Debanjana Dey & Taposik Banerjee During the late 1950s when villages near the Kyasanur Forest … Read more
COVID-19 and Closed Tea Gardens: Issues of Livelihoods in India
Abdul Hannan The issue of closed tea gardens is an old phenomenon in Tea Economy. … Read more
Death made them Visible
Satyaki Roy Suddenly the category of ‘migrant worker’ has hit the headlines and primetime news … Read more
Understanding the Atmanirbhar Bharat Package Numbers
Surajit Das . There were a lot of announcements about the reform measures in the … Read more
Covid-19 crisis and exemption from labour laws: Miseries of Indian working class
Kingshuk Sarkar . States are providing industries exemptions from application of labour laws and also … Read more
Choking the Lifeline of Rural Economy: MGNREGS during COVID-19 Lockdown
Manish Kumar . When the entire country is under a lockdown and many economic activities … Read more
Payment of wages and retrenchment in times of Covid19: Will State directives protect workers?
Kingshuk Sarkar* State has issued direction to employers to pay wages and salaries and not … Read more
PDS and MGNREGA: Food Security and Livelihoods in North Bengal
Abdul Hannan* . The countrywide lockdown has impacted livelihoods of millions of workers in unorganized … Read more