Pomegranate blooms in the desert, creates jobs
Pomegranate farming in the past decade in water-starved Barmer has yielded gains for farmers and created a new migration corridor between Jharkhand and Rajasthan.
January 2025
Trapped in the protection net
The Odisha government’s sustained efforts to protect the vulnerable olive ridley turtles has yielded results. Now local fishermen, forced to migrate because of long bans on fishing, want to be included in protecting the species.
In Bengaluru’s migrant colony, babies have a poor shot at vaccination
Living conditions and the burden of daily wage work prevent young migrant mothers from availing state health services, including vaccination for their children
Meandering in deep waters, their boats half empty
Marine fishing becomes a longer and more excruciating exercise for the fishermen off the Mumbai coast as a good catch becomes elusive owing to climate change and coastal degradation
India’s heritage keepers seek new future for their children
Restoration work of historical buildings in India has depended on traditional, caste-based skills of workers, but they are no longer as much in demand even as the need for their skills grows
Are migrants returning home due to improved economic opportunity?
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that captures issues related to migration that have been reported on various media platforms. In its fifth edition, we look at the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister’s report noting the slowdown in domestic migration and the gender pay gap in Southern India.
Migrants comprise more than 70% of Mumbai’s fish sector workforce’
One of Mumbai’s oldest inhabitants, the Koli community, no longer wants their children to inherit the fishing trade, creating a vacuum for migrants to enter.
‘Death follows us like a shadow’
As families await news on their loved ones trapped in the recent Kalamati mine accident in Assam, illegal rat hole mining continues to be the only livelihood lifeline say many in the state’s flood-ravaged, impoverished villages
Migration to equality: How Kerala has emerged as the great caste leveller
Higher wages and a more equitable work experience is drawing some of the most marginalised communities from Odisha’s Ganjam to Kerala
Drill, baby, drill: What Trump could mean for the global climate agenda
US exit from the Paris Agreement leaves a global leadership vacuum, butoffers an opportunity for other countries to step up to the plate.
