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Economy

Exploring issues around industry and employment in Bengaluru, with a special focus on urban livelihoods across economic classes.

Economy

Migrant workers deal with unhygienic living conditions, poor nutrition

July 4, 2022 Majid Sohaib

Migrant workers, especially those who moved to Bengaluru recently, are poorly paid, and live in informal settlements or in the construction site.

Bengaluru gol gappa vendor Ajay
Economy

Pani puri vendor Ajay makes tidy profit for boss, but gets little for himself

June 3, 2022 Majid Sohaib

Ajay moved to Bengaluru for a job as a pani puri vendor. He saves up to send money home, and to open his own stall in the future!

Vegetables on a shelf in a vegetable shop
Economy

Price rise forcing Bengaluru’s poor to change their cooking and eating habits

May 25, 2022 Vikas Kumar

The extent of the price rise of just about every essential commodity is hurting most the urban poor whose source of income is limited and insecure.

Workers at a labour stand in Bengaluru
Economy

Bengaluru’s Labour Stands present a highly exploitative and informal hiring market

May 19, 2022 Vikas Kumar

Labour stands are largely unknown to most Bengalureans, but these are the spaces where unskilled labourers seek daily wage jobs to survive in the city.

ITI workers on protest
Economy

150 days and counting—protesting ITI workers still hoping for dignity and justice

May 13, 2022 Bhakti G

Despite the protest, the work at the factory goes on. The ousted 80 contractual workers were quickly replaced by a new batch of contract workers

Professor Amit Basole
Economy

Interview Amit Basole: “PDS the most effective safety net, cash transfers the worst”

April 15, 2022 Sravasti Datta

The survey found that occupationally, people in the service industry were much more likely to lose work compared to home-based workers.

Bengaluru city
Economy

BBMP budget 2022-23: Midnight drama could see many city roads dug up all over again

April 5, 2022 Navya P K

BBMP has allocated around Rs 10,480 cr for Bengaluru in 2022-23. A large portion of the funds are expected to come from taxes and state government grants.

Medha Patkar meeting striking ITI workers
Economy

Opinion: Contract workers in PSUs–marginalised castes, women, main victims of discrimination

March 23, 2022 Malini Ranganathan

Coded discrimination, disproportionately affecting women and people from marginalised castes and classes, is a key feature of the contract labour system.

BBMP head office
Economy

A citizens’ wish list on what the BBMP’s budget should focus on this year

March 13, 2022 Navya P K

Citizen Matters spoke to some Bengalureans for their take on how the 2022-2023 BBMP budget allocations should be made for the city. This is what they said.

Latha, a street vendor, sits outside RT Nagar square.
Economy

Street vending in RT Nagar: Migrant vendors excluded from prime spots

March 9, 2022 Pragathi Ravi

While street vendors are marginalised in general, migrant vendors have it tougher. They are often excluded from economic hubs and face discrimination.

tools at a electrical repair shop
Economy

Stories of women repair workers

July 30, 2021 Purna Sarkar and Himadri Das

Bengaluru has quite a few women repair workers. How are they doing in their lives and livelihoods? and the impact of the pandemic.

Abandoned dog during lockdown
Economy

Puppy love ends as COVID lockdown lifts

July 23, 2021 Anila Kurian

Bengaluru may be one of the most pet-friendly cities, but with lockdown easing, some are abandoning their newly adopted pups.

Metro workers in a labour colony during lockdown
Economy

Hunger and fear of another lockdown stalks migrant workers

July 12, 2021 Navya P K

Migrant workers who went back home last year have had it worse since their return. Most remain without work, their condition just as bad as during last year’s lockdown.

Workers sorting in the Dry Waste Collection Centre
Economy

How has Bengaluru fared in empowering waste workers?

July 5, 2021 Pinky Chandran

A deep dive into what Bengaluru has done on the ground to translate policy into action to support waste workers.

DWCC operator Kumudha
Economy

How the pandemic locked waste workers out of livelihoods

July 1, 2021 Pinky Chandran

The economic impact on informal waste workers’ livelihood and the entire informal recycling industry due to the lockdown.

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