Sahbhagi Shiksha Kendra (SSK)’s report on occupational health issues faced by migrant workers in Ghaziabad systematically catalogues the daily health risks faced by five major occupational groups of migrants in the informal sector. Reviewing the awareness of migrant workers about their rights and entitlements, and highlighting key health concerns, the report presents policy recommendations and […]
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‘Invisible Dangers’: Occupational health issues faced by migrant workers in Ghaziabad
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 28th, 2015
Why India needs to invest in planning
Poornima Dore on April 27th, 2015
The recent outcry over the draft Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2014-34 has left many wondering what really goes on in the run up to the creation of such plans. With the nature of urbanisation and the Indian scale of problems being fairly complex, urban planning and management is an important area requiring better focus. It […]
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Tags: development, Mumbai DP, urban planning, urbanization 
6 Comments »‘Making Labour Markets Work’: SHRAMIC National Workshop
Radhika M. Chakraborty on April 27th, 2015
Strengthen and Harmonize Research and Action on Migration (SHRAMIC) organised a half-day event on 13 February 2015 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. Focusing on the theme of labour markets, the workshop brought together over 70 government officials, policymakers, NGOs, academicians, researchers, social entrepreneurs and corporations to focus on the role of labour […]
Posted in Partner Initiatives, Research, Urbanization Tags: cities, SHRAMIC, urban, Urban India, workshop No Comments »Treating urbanization as complementary in nature
Aritra Chakrabarty on July 18th, 2014
Projections released by United Nations in its 2014 revision of World Urbanization Prospects report predict increase in urban population to 65 percent in 2050 from 54 percent presently. This implies an additional 2.5 billion people living in urban areas by 2050, highlighting the need of urban planning agenda and greater attention needs to be laid […]
