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Bottom-of-the-pyramid once again in focus

The coronavirus pandemic-led economic shock just shrunk the lucrative middle class market by 32 million people, according to a recent report by the Pew Research Centre based on the World Bank data

Lockdown taught the poor atmanirbharta

Book review of Locking Down the Poor

One year on

Ravages of last year's lockdown may still affect economy

Absence of data on migrant workers affected initiatives: Parliament panel

The panel lauded the announcement of creating a portal for mapping unorganised sector workers in the Union Budget 2020-2021

Govt launches portal to collect data related to tribal migrant workers

The tribal affairs ministry launched a portal on Friday to collect data related to tribal migrant workers and link them with the existing welfare schemes

From lockdown to plight of migrant workers: 2020, the year of pandemic

It was a year marked by loss. The pandemic exacted a heavy toll, devastated the economy and upended every aspect of life. Here's a look at what we weathered and how we adapted to change...

Is One Nation One Ration Card the panacaea for India's migrant population?

Currently, the scheme isn't all-embracing as it is based on 2011 census data, and leaves out 100 million people without ration cards

Employment, income in India during and after lockdown: A V-shape recovery?

After skyrocketing to nearly 25 per cent in April and May, the unemployment rate returned by July to its February level of around 7 per cent where it has remained since

35% of work under scheme meant for migrant workers went to MGNREGA

The tentative data sourced from the GKRA website shows that since June, around 1.10 million works have been completed under the campaign.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Has the Aarogya Setu app been effective?

How migrant workers are adapting after Covid, curbs on Chhath Puja in Delhi and Bihar, and some masks may cause skin problems-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Odisha migrant workers return to the same gruelling pre-lockdown conditions

Back at work in one of India's biggest migration destinations, Sahu found nothing has changed. He still has to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week without any leave or break--for Rs 15,000 a month

Six migrant workers from UP killed in road accident near Hyderabad

Police suspect that their vehicle overturned after hitting another while trying to overtake it

How states fare in Migrant Policy Index: Kerala on top, Delhi near bottom

India's average IMPEX 2019 score for 28 states and the Union Territory of NCT Delhi is 37 out of 100, reflecting the limited attention paid to integration efforts in destination states

Best of BS Opinion: Brace for return migration, overseas listing, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Brace for return migration

Rural economy won't be able to support excess workers forever

Lockdown exposed migrants' exclusion from governance system: Study

While the media gave migrants voice during the lockdown, what became clear is their near-total exclusion from local governance systems, alongside a near-total blindness by the state to their existence

The post-lockdown scars

As economic indicators and tax receipts improve, evidence of stress begin to appear too

Singapore to allow migrants from dormitories to visit recreation centres

Singapore will allow some foreign workers, who have largely been confined to dormitories since March due to the spread of the coronavirus, to visit recreation centres

Covid broke migration trends, led to temporary rural unemployment: Report

Labour out-migration from cities led to temporary rural unemployment, shows state finance report

PayPoint offers free personal accident insurance to migrant workers

PayPoint said it is offering a complimentary personal accident insurance cover for migrant workers transferring money to their families.