Business and Economy – Page 2 – Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

A day at Dastkar exhibition as a volunteer

August 29, 2017 Sanjana Shahane

Bengaluru has scores of volunteering opportunities, where anyone can participate, help and learn. Here’s an experience of a student who volunteered for a cloth exhibition by Dastkar.

What women domestic workers want

July 7, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

Listen to these women domestic workers to learn about their issues and demands like pension, equality, scholarship for children and dignity.

Fighting for rights of domestic workers

June 23, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

June 16, 2011, was a landmark day for domestic workers the world over. The Convention C 189 was passed, giving domestic workers the world over increased hope of legislative and social justice. Eighteen countries have

A day in the life of a garbage collector

May 18, 2017 Sanaya Katrak

No one wishes to immerse themselves in filth, but someone ends up doing it. Despite the almost inhuman conditions and the lack of dignity, garbage collectors continue to do that job, due to financial compulsions.

Price cap on movies is a bad move. Here’s why!

May 17, 2017 Anupam Manur

For an offbeat indie movie, multiplexes would charge a lower price, while for a blockbuster, they would charge a higher price. Price cap changes the equation: to maximize profits, they would have to sell maximum tickets, and that will change the type of movies that will be chosen by the multiplexes.

Living amidst filth, they clean Bengaluru

May 10, 2017 Arjun Srinivas

Lives in this Bengaluru slum are an example of everything that’s wrong with the system: unchecked urbanisation, poor waste management and lack of formal contracts for waste pickers in our cities.

Bengaluru garment workers protest: what happened in April 2016

May 9, 2017 News Desk

The report says that the protest by garment workers was spontaneous and not organised by any union, hence police were unable to get into negotiations to control the protest.

Human rights group analyses the garment workers’ protest in Bengaluru

May 8, 2017 Lekha Adavi

Why did the garment workers protest in April 2016, against new provident fund rules? How was the protest handled by the state, and what did the protesters who were arrested undergo? PUCL published a fact-finding report.

Auto driver Girija

March 21, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

Girija Ramesh had been driving an auto for hire in Bengaluru for the past few years.

Bouquets and brickbats for Karnataka State Budget 2017-18

March 17, 2017 News Desk

A compilation of reactions on Karnataka State Budget 2017-18 received via press notes.

Full text of Karnataka State Budget speech 2017-18

March 15, 2017 News Desk

Full text of Karnataka state budget 2017-18.

‘Women Start-up Programme’ takes off at IIMB, Bengaluru

January 24, 2017 Chandrika J. Chandwani

Over 1700 women across India participated in Stage 1 of programme which was a 5-week online course to identify an idea and initiate a venture; two mentor panels assessed around 300 submissions selecting the top 50 for Stage 2.