Livelihood

Indian Labour Law: Know about Minimum Wages, Work Hours, Maternity Leave, & other entitled benefits

The corpus of legislation, court decisions, and precedents that deal with the legal rights and limitations of employees and their organisations is referred to as Indian Labour Law, or Employment Law. As a result, it mediates a number of facets of the interaction between companies, employees, and trade unions. Stated differently, labour law establishes the rights […]

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Key Challenges for rural poor in attaining livelihood subsidies

By guaranteeing that people have access to necessities, subsidies can aid in economic stabilisation, particularly for the impoverished in rural areas. Subsidies may, however, promote unsustainable activities if they are poorly targeted. Additionally, restrictions and notable differences exist in the government’s subsidies for individuals and various organisations. The concept of funding a single person’s project

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Better Life Farming: Extending Women Ownership of Agriculture

Female farmers in India are one of the most marginalised groups as they seldom have agency over the land they toil away for. Better Life Farming is an initiative that aims to help women take agency and ownership of the land, who’s produce is the fruit of their hardwork.

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Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood: Upskilling the Transgender Community

The Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood Enterprise (SMILE) is a scheme aimed towards the holistic development, upliftment and sheltering of transgender persons.

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Decentralized Renewable Energy: The New way of Consumption

Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) essentially refers to energy drawn using renewable resources that is used and distributed in a decentralized fashion. These technologies aim to provide clean energy solutions to rural areas. DRE has the potential to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, mitigate the climate crisis and improve access to energy. They can be used

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Pedakodapalli: The Backyard Poultry Farming

Backyard poultry farming, using native breeds is an easy, less risky and viable way of increasing income while alleviating poverty and addressing malnutrition. With the initiation of small time poultry farming enterprises, citizens of Andhra Pradesh have shown that poultry farming can be extremely beneficial. In 2016, the department of Animal Husbandry and The Tribal

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A Homeowners Guide to the Government’s Solar Panel Scheme

India’s rapid population growth has warranted an increased demand for energy. Industries and offices are shifting towards the relatively cost-effective and renewable energy resource, solar panels. The government’s proposal to offer homeowners subsidized solar energy has helped them gain respite from soaring electricity bills. The schemes make solar a viable and enticing option for homeowners,

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