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URBAN POOR

Representational image of a homeless man sleeping on the pavement in what looks like a heavily frequented spot.
Governance

Urban homeless: Shelters need to step up, but can only be stopgap solution

August 22, 2022 Sravasti Datta

Many states are yet to comply with the guidelines regarding shelters under the Scheme for Urban Homeless. A long term vision is needed, say experts.

Delhi's Connaught Place
Governance

Delhi’s smart city plans ignore the urban poor, focus only on elite areas

August 15, 2022 Khushwant Singh and Vikas Kumar

The lives of Delhi’s urban poor have not improved in any way from the 86 out of 106 smart city projects that have been executed.

Cooking oil and LPG prices have spiked, causing every Indian meal to become significantly costlier and often beyond the reach of the ordinary citizen. In the picture, a typical North Indian thali.
Economy

Editorial: Can’t afford cooking oil, gas or vegetables? Eat less, or eat cake

May 25, 2022 T R Gopalakrishnan

For the urban poor, the sharp rise in prices of cooking oil, gas and other essentials will inevitably mean having to go hungry for longer periods.

bhalswa landfill
Waste Management

Unearthing invisible layers of life near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill

December 30, 2021 Kanchan Joneja and Sukriti Thukral

Waste picker communities in Shraddhanand Colony share a toxic relationship with the Bhalswa landfill and lack basic services like access to clean water.

Ahmedabad evicting street vendors selling non-veg food
Economy

Ahmedabad: Evicting non-veg food stalls violates right to livelihood of street vendors

November 28, 2021 Darshan Desai

The municipal corporations in Ahmedabad had reportedly launched a drive to remove street vendors selling non-vegetarian dishes in roadside stalls.

Working woman in Bengaluru slum
Economy

What ‘work from home’ means for women in informal settlements

September 24, 2021 Aditi Murti

For women in informal settlements in our cities, homes are most often workspaces too. Access to services at home determines their working conditions.

Urban rich poor divide: Slums next to high-rise commercial buildings
Economy

Opinion: Rising economic burden on the urban working class widens rich-poor gap

August 9, 2021 Tikender Panwar

Privatisation of basic necessities, which should essentially be provided by the state, must be reversed to reduce the economic woes of the urban working class.

Reverse migration during the first wave in 2020
Economy

Migrant workers back in cities, but where are the jobs?

July 24, 2021 Raj Machhan

Even skilled migrant workers are finding it difficult to get work, and thus taking up semi-skilled, unskilled jobs or short term gigs.

Economy

Inflation+recession=Poverty+high prices. The corollary: Hunger

June 29, 2021 Ashwani Sharma

For most middle and low income urban families, the only way to cope with the rising inflation has been to slash expenditure on food.

Kerala's Ayyankali Urban Employmen Scheme
Economy

Empower and fund local bodies to make urban employment guarantee work: Experts

June 25, 2021 Navya P K

We spoke to two eminent economists on issues concerning creation of urban employment guarantee schemes; both stressed on decentralisation and involvement of local governments.

Some income guarantee in villages for migrant labour
Economy

Urban employment guarantee Part 1: “Desperate times call for desperate measures”

June 22, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

In the first of a three part series, we explore the need for a work guarantee scheme to mitigate the crippling effects of the pandemic on the urban poor.

Waste Management

What does it mean to live near a solid waste dumpyard in our cities?

June 8, 2021 Sahana Goswami and Samrat Basak

Life near garbage dumpyards in our cities is fraught with many risks. Yet, little attention is paid to the issue of scientific solid waste management and elimination of landfills.

Health

Nobody’s children: Out-of-school kids in Delhi find their plates empty

January 20, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Lockdown and absence of midday meals has hit child nutrition badly. Even worse-off are the very poor and street children, who are struggling to secure a meal a day.

Economy

Bhopal: Lockdown relaxed, but no end to miseries of the marginalised

August 14, 2020 Porag Shome and Neelansh Sethi

The lockdown pushed many members of the Pardhi community in Bhopal to beg for survival. Now, as they try to rebuild their lives post lockdown, there is still little hope.

Health

Neither food nor food allowance for hungry school kids in Delhi since March

August 11, 2020 Sri Krishna

The Directorate of Education said the delay in cash transfers was due to the preoccupation with COVID. Meanwhile poor families struggle to provide the bare minimum nutrition for their children.

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