Lack of knowledge to avail the benefits and get wages on time decreasing the popularity of MGNREGA, say workers. The unemployed people in rural India got some relief due to the jobs generated under MGNREGA scheme at the time of pandemic. Although the scheme generated work for the unemployed unskilled laborers, it was not however […]
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ASHA workers who are supposed to work only for a couple of hours in the day, work far longer because they are given extra work. However, they are not paid for that extra work. By Taniva Singha Roy Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers complain about not getting any incentive for the extra work they […]
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Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, together hold 50 percent of the market share in India’s Agarbatti Industry. Shabina Banu, 43, lives on the second floor in a house in the narrow lanes of Goripalya. Her home is filled with four of her children and the fragrance of three thousand agarbattis she rolls, every day. She started […]
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Almost 600 brick masons die around the world, due to improper treatment and unhygienic surroundings. After the lockdown, Sabaiya, (57), moved to Bengaluru with his family from Gorakhpur, taluk: Chittapur, in pursuit of a better life. Many others, likewise, leave their hometowns in search of a better life. However, these workers live on the site amid the […]
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