Migration
How forest-dwelling communities are braving the pandemic
posted 3 months 1 week agoThe pandemic and lockdown measures have had a drastic impact on a large population of poor and marginalised communities, causing loss of livelihoods and employment, food insecurity and socio-economic distress. While vulnerabilities, atrocities and injustices faced by forest communities due to forest, conservation and economic policies have increased d

Pandemic impacts on women – Stories of survival
posted 3 months 2 weeks agoThe pandemic has wrought havoc on the entire world. Pessimism, suffering, unemployment, hunger and poverty resound in all corners. To survive is a physical, mental and financial battle. And every family and individual has an anecdote to narrate that speaks volumes about their combat strategy, losses and victories.

Gendered impacts of COVID-19
posted 3 months 3 weeks agoCOVID-19 has unleashed one of the greatest human tragedies of the contemporary era demonstrating our fragility and has laid bare severe and systemic inequalities at all levels. It provides several lessons in the conduct of all aspects of human personality, professional, societal, and institutional lives globally.

Agriculture and food security challenges amid Covid-19
posted 4 months agoIndia has seen large scale rural-urban migration of people trying to escape rural distress in the last few decades.

Water projects get priority in MGNREGA amidst COVID-19
posted 4 months 4 weeks agoLockdown in April to May 2020 due to COVID-19 led to the mass migration of workers from the cities to villages. Despite strict measures by the government to stop any movement, people facing lost jobs and high cost of living in the cities began to walk back or use whatever transportation was available to travel to their home villages.

Migration and the state amid the Covid-19 pandemic
posted 5 months 1 week agoThrough no fault of their own, migrants were forced to leave the cities after the government imposed a Covid-19 induced national lockdown in late March. After losing their work, fearing they would run out of cash and food they trudged back along with their families to the villages in search of humanity, food, and a place to live.

Money, migration and missing capital: The case of Uttarakhand
posted 5 months 2 weeks agoUttarakhand’s rural areas are marked by massive outflux of people and it is believed that rural migration may alter the state’s political geography.

NREGA tracker looks at the schemes’ performance
posted 5 months 2 weeks agoAs per the findings of an NREGA tracker launched by the People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) the lockdown saw a record spike in jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

Bihar and northeast India reel under floods, Assam worst hit
posted 5 months 3 weeks agoFlood batters three northeast states, Assam worst affected

Harnessing demographic dividend amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
posted 5 months 3 weeks agoThe Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the challenges to the youth as regards employment opportunities. The policy steps taken by the government have led to a slowdown in economic activities, leading to loss of jobs and mass unemployment.
