informal sector

Once a fertile wetland, Ennore is going through an environmental crisis due to decades of industrial pollution, severely impacting people's health and livelihoods.

BRAC’s Graduation Approach has been used to build livelihoods for those in extreme poverty. Here are lessons from its application in restoring the livelihoods of a community relocated due to mining.

As boiler factories in Ahmedabad flout norms, the workers carry on with their jobs in hot, humid, and extremely unsafe conditions.

Security guards, safai karamcharis, and waste pickers who spend a majority of their work hours outdoors are at a higher risk of lung diseases. Here’s how this can be addressed.

Generations of communities rely on coal for their livelihoods in India. Addressing these long-standing labour dynamics is crucial for designing appropriate just transition policy interventions.

As India embraces sustainable fashion, there’s a need to focus on the traditional upcyclers from the Devipujak community who are struggling for income, health, and dignity.