Minimum wage was premised on basic human dignity and an understanding that every worker has a right to basic needs such as food, clothing, housing, fuel and healthcare. But contemporary industrial wage structures have drifted far from this basic idea
Workers – migrants from UP, Bihar – employed in the Noida Special Economic Zone and hosiery complex expressed hope that their agitation and the resultant increase in minimum wage will lead to change
COME TO GROUNDSWELL! An annual coming together of people impacted by, invested in and working on migration in India Dehradun
The ongoing war has triggered a fuel crisis, prompting reverse migration from major cities as workers return to rain-dependent rural economies with limited savings, just ahead of dry summer months
Around 700 people from the 750 households in Odisha’s Manikapur village work in the Gulf states. The families are now on edge, with families worried for their loved ones.
Panic over LPG shortages due to the West Asia conflict has driven up prices of the cooking gas in informal markets, forcing many migrant workers in Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra to switch over to instant meals or worse still, return to their villages
Art explorer Simeen Kaleem discusses the past, present and future of Indian handloom and how the sari weaver’s month-long labour finally reaches your closet
Scores of migrant workers from across India bought exorbitant train and plane tickets to reach their home state of Assam in time for the assembly election on April 9
An earlier onset of extreme heat is pushing Uttar Pradesh workers to…
This summer, rising temperatures, a lean agriculture period and LPG pressures coincide…
"We see value in learning Marathi, but do not agree on the…
Far from their homes, migrant workers spend long 10–12 hours a day…
From the streets of post-independence India to the margins of industrial cities,…
With LPG supplies disrupted by the Gulf War, India’s clean cooking gains…
