Urban Livelihoods

Author : Nihal Kumar, Pratham Misal, Ronak Kothari For centuries, Mumbai’s Koli people, often referred to as the ‘city’s original inhabitant’, have lived along the city’s shores, shaping their lives

Author : Neikule Doulo, Tongtimenla Jamir Observing that over 90 percent of street vendors in Nagaland were women, many of them sole breadwinners with limited access to savings, credit, or

Author : Dr. Nidhi Pundir, Satabdi Roy, Gaurav Mazumdar Women entrepreneurs across India are emerging as dynamic agents of economic and social transformation, especially within low-income communities. Their entrepreneurial aspirations

Author : Praveen BV, Laxmi Grover, Sanjukta Bose Despite a robust infrastructure development and rapid economic growth, a vast majority of Indians, especially those in the informal sector, continue to

Author : Riya Gupta, Samraggi Roy India, home to 1.4 billion people, nearly half of them women (48.4 percent), is among the world’s fastest-growing economies. With annual economic growth averaging

Author : Pallavi Barua, Bhagyashri More India’s rapid urbanisation has drawn millions into cities, projecting an image of economic progress. Yet beneath this narrative lies a stark reality: urban poverty

Author : Arwa Bharmal, Kasturi Joshi India has over 4,000 small and medium towns governed by Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), the third tier of government. ULBs are responsible for delivering

Author : Saurabh Shukla, Sayani Chatterjee, Shantamay Chatterjee Picture a woman in her late forties in any Indian household. Every morning, she wakes before sunrise to prepare meals for her

Authors : Pranav Singh and Siddhartha Pandey Savda Ghevra provides a marginal civic experience. Families that were resettled here were provided with a small plot of land of either twelve