MGNREGA

Despite neglect and suppression, MGNREGA workers continue month-long protest in Delhi

Despite neglect and suppression, MGNREGA workers continue month-long protest in Delhi

April 10, 2023

For over a month now, a group of women, hailing from various parts of the country, have been taking turns to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Every morning, a fresh team, normally from a different state, comes to replace their colleagues who sat on the protest the p...

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Delhi domestic workers move Delhi High Court for compensation

Delhi domestic workers move Delhi High Court for compensation

February 20, 2022

A total of 471 domestic workers in Delhi have filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court seeking relief at par with that provided by the Delhi government to other informal sector workers like autorickshaw drivers and e-rickshaw drivers in the national capital. The workers, in thei...

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Budget 2021: Devil in details

Budget 2021: Devil in details

February 3, 2021

For weeks, it had been touted as the most crucial budget that an Indian finance minister has had to place before the Parliament in several decades, if not since the independence of the country. After all, this was the first budget that the government has presented since the full-...

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Budget 2021: Focus on demand boost, inequalities & jobs

Budget 2021: Focus on demand boost, inequalities & jobs

January 31, 2021

Rare are the occasions when an Indian finance minister would pay heed to a report by a charity about what she needs to do in order to set the country’s malaise right. But on February 1, when union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman steps up to present the union budget for 2021...

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