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Livelihood
Livelihood
Nepal to begin talks with UK on Equality for Gurkhas
The Gurkha’s struggles for pay parity are steeped in history. Retired British Gurkha soldiers were left to fight a lonely battle for their salaries,...
Finance and Economy
Sri Lankan trade unions campaign for hike in minimum wage
Sri Lankan trade unions have launched a joint campaign to demand a rise of 10,000 Sri Lankan Rupees in the monthly minimum wage of...
Empowerment
How to communicate with women entrepreneurs
A project launched to identify the right communication strategies to reach out to women entrepreneurs of rural Bihar suggests such campaigns should focus on...
Civil society
The precarity of urban households: demand of livelihood safety nets
In comparison to rural India which consists of safety nets such as MGNREGA and larger PDS coverage, urban India lacks the crucial livelihood safety...
Civil society
People are hungry, says hunger watch survey
Many households had to go to sleep without eating. 41 per cent of general caste households surveyed reported that they had to sleep without...
Governance
Global trade likely to be subdued in 2022, after record $28.5 trillion in 2021
Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow this year for many reasons including continuing delays in global...
Agriculture
Peasants marginalized by big farmers
Changing inequalities in farmland ownership and cultivation have reduced the smallholder or peasant share of food production. ‘Land grabs’, new laws and policies have...
Human rights
India opposes reference of workers’ law to Hague
India, China, Russia, US are among 14 countries opposing ILO convention 87 on workers right to association being referred to the International Court of...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
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