Economy Archives | Citizen Matters

Over 60 lakh pensioners fast to protest delay in increasing dues

June 5, 2021 M S Natarajan

Around 65 lakh pensioners went on a one day fast, demanding implementation of a Supreme Court order to the EPFO to increase their dues.

Future of jobs: Internships, the new final job interview

May 20, 2021 Ambi Parameswaran

The author’s first word of advice in this oped: Don’t get obsessed with a ‘dream company’. Have a ‘dream industry’ orientation instead.

Locked down, but not out: Women entrepreneurs in Ahmedabad

March 23, 2021 Binita Parikh

What started as an activity to pass time creatively during the lockdown were turned into a viable business by these indomitable women.

Future of jobs: From ‘I’ to ‘T’ to [Pi] ‘π’

January 27, 2021 Ambi Parameswaran

Hybridization has now moved up a notch. It is not just hybridization of jobs; it is also hybridization of how work gets done.

COVID has changed tourism. Will it also make it more responsible?

January 6, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

This is the time for the government to identify early stage start-ups practising sustainable tourism and help them scale up and create best practices to be replicated.

Future of jobs: What this ‘gap year’ could mean for professionals in 2021

December 23, 2020 Ambi Parameswaran

As a B-School Dean mentioned in a webinar, be ready to answer the question, “What did you do during 2020 that you would not have done any time else?”

Pune residents buy veggies at exorbitant prices while farmers struggle to meet ends

December 15, 2020 Ambika Shaligram

Fruits and vegetables do not fall under the list of items procured by the government at minimum support price. And efforts to bring farmer and buyer together have had limited success.

Future of jobs: What lies ahead for the water-cooler conversations?

November 7, 2020 Ambi Parameswaran

As the future of work changes, we will see the future of meetings change dramatically too. The Zoom mania will die down as people start using tools that measure their productivity.

Reviving Delhi’s economy: Committee to focus on ease of doing business

November 2, 2020 Sri Krishna

Delhi has set up a 12-member Committee on Economic Revival of the City, under technocrat Jasmine Shah, and comprised of representatives from the government, municipal corporations and industry.

Struggling to save lives and livelihoods in Pune, post lockdown

October 31, 2020 Ambika Shaligram

The old jobs are out. The only option left to earn some income is to try something different. But how is that panning out in Pune?

Jobs scarce, markets depressed; Chandigarh now hoping for Diwali boost

October 29, 2020 Raj Machhan

The dire need to find alternative sources of income is not limited to just domestic and construction workers. Every category of labour has been hit hard.

Delhi: Festival season’s here, but where have the shoppers gone?

October 27, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

COVID-19, job losses, salary cuts and no bonus have led to muted festival shopping. Sales staff seem confident though that things will look up as Diwali nears.

What construction workers in Delhi fear the most: Another sudden lockdown

October 2, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

The hardest hit by COVID-19 were small contractors, employing five-six workers, mostly migrants, who fled the capital during March-May and are now hesitant to return.

From selling turmeric water to security services: How the jobless in Delhi are rebuilding their lives

September 12, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

More and more people who lost their jobs to the pandemic are making new beginnings. Earnings may be less initially, but the road ahead promises flexibility and independence.

These Delhiites always worked from home, but COVID has left them jobless

September 9, 2020 Avi Majithia and Malavika Narayan

Home-based workers in Delhi are engaged in various trades: from hand embroidery to manufacturing, packaging and more. But COVID has shut down most of the factories in the city that provided work for them.