Economy

With slowdown in industries making jobs scarce across the country, a work scheme for urban workers at the grassroots is much needed. And it can be done.

The draft e-commerce rules are framed to provide better consumer protection against fraud, non-delivery and high costs. What’s behind the objections then?

Some brands are now going entirely DTC, or ‘direct to consumer’, cutting out middlemen. Such trends will see retail jobs getting completely reinvented.

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

It’s the age of Big Data. The field of data science is brimming with opportunities, in sub-segments like data visualization and data communication.

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.

As the pandemic retreats, marketing professionals must unearth new insights that can power brands ahead and win back the positions of power they enjoyed.

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

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

DUET, A councillor-driven urban employment initiative, and decentralisation

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

Many economists concur on the need for an urban job guarantee scheme, à la MNREGA, but differences remain over how to make it work. The government doesn’t seem too interested either.