telegraphindia.com/opinion/t… Manoj Kumar Jha's lovely piece on why a caste census matters."Caste has historically determined access to land, education, occupations, networks, status and power. It can potentially tell us something about the graded access to opportunity and resources.

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indianexpress.com/article/op… In latest Worker Web on Substack--The Centre’s decision to let its flagship urban livelihoods scheme lapse without a successor is injudicious and perplexing. Since 2014 the scheme has helped create 10.02 lakh self-help groups covering more than 1 cr women.

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sevantininan108753.substack.… In Worker Web on Substack: 8 states in North East recorded highest increases in the rural Female Labour Force Participation Rate between 2019–20 and 2025. It was 8.28 % per year in Arunachal,more than three times the all-India benchmark of 2.58.

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sevantininan108753.substack.… In the latest Worker Web: shifts in women's employment. PLFS report shows rise in FLFPR in major rural northeastern States and UTs. All above all-India benchmark of 2.58. Arunachal Pradesh has the highest increase, at 8.28 percentage points per year.

sevantininan108753.substack.… In the latest Worker Web: Farm Crises Grow Across the Country--Sugarcane growers agitate, Stubble burning returns in Punjab and Madhya Pradesh, Punjab farmers oppose tighter loan terms ahead of rabi season. @MaheshGajera14 @SubhashiniAli @ILONewDelhi

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Amid modernisation in railways, porters face shrinking income, bleak future thehindu.com/news/national/u… The newer Railways infrastructure including lift and escalators, combined with wheeled suitcases, has practically wiped out our job, says a porter in U.P.

Tea workers protest staggered bonus, block roads in Dooars and Jalpaiguri telegraphindia.com/west-beng… Tea workers blockaded road at two locations in the western Dooars region of Jalpaiguri district on Saturday, demanding a one-time payment of 20 per cent bonus ahead of Durga Puja.

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In latest issue of Worker Web-- livemint.com/industry/appare… The Indian apparel industry is expanding into less industrialized states such as Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh, seeking greater labour availability, lower wages and, in many cases, additional state subsidies.

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