Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
SAMBALPUR: Orissa Collieries Mazdoor Sangh (OCMS) affiliated to INTUC has threatened to stage dharna in front of the headquarters of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on September 1 over 14-point charter of demands. The demands include adequate supply of drinking water, maintenance of buildings and roads, a stop on outsourcing of …
T E NARASIMHAN / Chennai August 25, 2009, 1:01 IST The traditional industrial clusters in Tamil Nadu, home to over five lakh small and medium enterprises (SMEs), are witnessing a sign of revival after the slowdown, but the biggest challenge is labour shortage. Industry representatives from the engineering, textile and …
Interview with Jean Dreze, development economist. JEAN DREZE is an Indian development economist and a former member of the National Developmental Council. He is a member of the support group of the Right to Food campaign, an informal network of organisations and individuals committed to the realisation of the right …
Practitioners of life cycle assessment (LCA) have recently turned their attention to social issues in the supply chain. The United Nations life cycle initiative's social LCA task force has completed its guidelines for social life cycle assessment of products, and awareness of managing upstream corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues has …
No humans in manholes: On June 23, the Madras High Court asked the state to nominate members to a committee to oversee implementation of the court order banning human entry into sewer lines and septic tanks. The committee would comprise members from the water supply and sewerage board and Chennai …
July 27: Complimenting the Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, for presenting a progressive Budget, the Congress MP from Peddapalli, Mr G. Vivekananda, appealed to the Centre to increase the allowance of underground mine workers from Rs 800 to Rs 1,700. Speaking on the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha …
At Reddypalayam village near Chengalpattu in Kancheepuram district. Brick workers live in thatched huts close to the kiln. IN the brick kilns of Tamil Nadu, life for lakhs of men, women and children is one of extreme exploitation. Every brick they make has a story to tell
Governor expedites payments in Jharkhand villagers in six districts of Uttar Pradesh staged a protest in the first week of June. Their protest was against non-payment of wages for works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (nregs). Under the Act, workers should be paid within two weeks of a …
While the recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored. Studies at the ground level reveal crucial details of the impact of the global crisis on women, particularly from …
While the recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored. Studies at the ground level reveal crucial details of the impact of the global crisis on women, particularly from …
Environmental and health activists who have given a bad name to asbestos are facing the wrath of an industry that pleads that this is the best option for our country--------- FACT: In June 2001. the Supreme Court in Brazil rejected a petition by some activists for ban of asbestos-cement production. …
The recent third world urbanisation is concentrated in the rural peripheries of the largest cities and its implications for land and livelihood in the peri-urban areas is discussed in this article. In an attempt to understand the extent to which the rural workers residing in the vicinity of the six …
Acute shortage of technical staff in the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) prevents it from closely monitoring hospitals in the City to check if they adhere to different environmental norms, according to a top official. Speaking to newspersons on the sidelines of a refresher programme
For their support: V. Krishnamurthy, former Harur MLA, speaking to the stone quarry workers in front of the Krishnagiri Collectorate on Thursday. KRISHNAGIRI: Over 500 stone quarry workers including 100 women laid siege to the Collectorate for the second day on Thursday demanding that the district administration allow them to …
ASIT JOLLY CHANDIGARH For the second time in succession, farmers in Punjab are in panic with hardly any migrant workers from Bihar or Uttar Pradesh available less than a fortnight before the paddy sowing season due to begin June 10. While the state
The purpose of this brief is to highlight the close inter-linkages between climate change and the world of work. It aims to promote a better understanding between both spheres and greater coherence between climate, social and labour policies. The brief contains brief summaries of the state of knowledge about climate …
This paper attempts to identify and examine labor intensive industries in the organized manufacturing sector in India in order to understand their employment generation potential. Using the data from the Annual Survey of Industries (Government of India, various issues), the labor intensity for 97 industries at the 4-digit disaggregate level …
Based on fieldwork in the Tiruppur garment manufacturing cluster in Tamil Nadu, this paper focuses on the ways in which ethical corporate regulations are shaped by and constitutive of power relations and inequalities in the global market. It explores the ways in which standards imposed on supply firms help to …
The story of UCIL-Jaduguda and the struggle of the mostly Santal Adivasi People against the company is not unknown to the general public. UCIL has been operating for over four decades now. Many of the social problems like the just compensation for the land acquired, cost of medical treatment for …
