Preference for cities not too far from home, growing importance of children’s education and dipping bargaining power for wages, the pandemic had a lasting impact on migration decisions and patterns
Death of his brother on a railway track in Aurangabad district during the pandemic led to steel factory worker Birendra Singh vow to never leave his village
Has the platform economy caused more harm than good to small businesses in the food and beverage industry?
New services from apps such as “Insta-Maid” threaten to further marginalise the very workers who keep most of India’s households running.
There has been a surge in internet adoption particularly in rural India post pandemic, but most migrant workers are yet to use their smartphones for upskilling or managing money. Will digital skills define who thrives?
A massive solar park in Tamil Nadu has fuelled migration and those left behind count losses after giving up their land for the project
A unique initiative to register migrant workers and connect them with social security schemes was launched in Jharkhand in 2020. Five years on, it has scored wins but gaps remain
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While Delhi sleeps behind locked gates, hundreds of private security guards fight…
TMS founders Roli and Anuradha take up reader questions on the two-year…
