Economy

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

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.

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

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

Yet to recover from the effects of the first lockdown, the financial condition of informal workers becomes more precarious in the second wave.

Even as provision store keepers were recovering from the effects of the first wave, the second wave has come as a body blow.

Periodic Labour Force Survey Data for April – June 2020 is out and it does not have good things to say about the women’s status in Karnataka.

When a lake is rejuvenated, those dependent on the lake for food or livelihoods usually lose access to it. But there are ways to conserve lakes while also protecting livelihoods.

Bengaluru lakes once offered a buffet of greens and fish to those in the neighbourhood. The trees around lakes yielded fruits and seeds that could be either devoured or sold in the markets. But pollution and flawed rejuvenation projects have stopped local communities from accessing lakes.

Post COVID lockdown, sex workers in Bengaluru are struggling for survival. Loss of livelihood has made them even more vulnerable to violence and destitution.

Yeshwanthpur APMC yard caters to farmers and buyers from across the country. How has the APMC system worked here, and how successful has it been?

Farmers from as far away as Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal sell their produce at Bengaluru’s APMC yard, one of the biggest markets for onions and potatoes in the country.