Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan’s years of working for land and livelihood rights for the poor in three districts of Tamil Nadu has been recognised with the 2008 Right Livelihood Prize given annually to those “offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today” More...

The move is expected to benefit millions in India’s unorganised sector by enabling them to access the benefits of a pension scheme. According to National Sample Survey Organisation data for 1999-2000, out of a total workforce of 397 million, only 28 million workers are employed in the organised sector. The rest work in the unorganised sector More...

Within days of the Janadesh yatra reaching the Indian capital, the government has acknowledged the power of India's landless foot-soldiers, setting up a body headed by the prime minister to examine the pressing issue of pro-poor land reform More...

Mumbai is the latest to witness large-scale protests against the entry of multinationals and big Indian corporates into the retail sector. Thousands gather in the city to show their support for small shopkeepers, vegetable vendors and roadside hawkers More...

The Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana aims to provide life and disability cover to all rural landless households in the country More...

India's first attempt to introduce social security and other welfare schemes for workers in the unorganised sector, which constitutes an overwhelming majority of the country's workforce, has received Cabinet approval. But it will have to wait until the winter session of Parliament to be passed into law More...

Wal-Mart and Bharti Enterprises finally sign a deal to set up a chain of wholesale outlets in India. Will this be the end of the road for thousands of traders and small shopkeepers in the country? More...

In a set of major developments on proposed legislation for a social security net for unorganised sector workers in India, the government orders a review of what many have branded a 'toothless' law. And an all-India forum is formed to push the law through More...

Feedback from an ongoing two-year study on the Indian government's landmark National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and its implementation is not very encouraging. It throws up allegations of fraud, misappropriation of funds and unutilised financial allocations. Worse, many people are still completely unaware of the scheme and how to register under it More...

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