NEW DELHI: Despite the tall claims of successive governments, more than half of India’s rural households engaged in casual manual labour, as per the new socio-e ...

India News: The socio economic and caste census (SECC) 2011 on Friday painted a grim picture of rural India, indicating that one out of three families living in v ...

The Indian government distinguishes between manual scavenging and the practice of cleaning sewers and septic tanks. But labor activists argue that the latter is a mere extension of the former.

As India's economy reels from the Covid-19 crisis, a rural employment programme has emerged as a lifeline for some of the tens of millions left jobless, including skilled workers such as engineers ...

In India, engineers and MBAs are turning to manual labor to survive the economic crash September 24, 2020 More than 4 years ago Earappa Bawge, right, a 27-year-old engineer, digs a ditch as part ...

Nearly 70 percent of brick kiln workers in South Asia are estimated to be working in bonded and forced labour, according to a 2016 report by the International Labor Organization. | Latest News India ...

Government surveys such as the Periodic Labour Force Survey suggest that 75% of India's 14-18 year olds live in rural areas Around 10% of India’s 1.4 billion strong population is believed to be ...