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Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) have long since been touted to be an impetus to India’s growing economy. They currently contribute 29% of the total GDP, which the government intends to expand to 50% by 2024. With schemes such as Make in India, MUDRA, ASPIRE, CLCSS, CGTSME, so on and so forth, the government is undoubtedly pushing for creation of an entrepreneurial environment in the country. However, despite these efforts, there continue to remain certain gaps in

The recognition of skilling and skills as a salient feature of employment, is a fairly recent phenomenon. Over the past few years, the Indian government has established the NSDC, and promulgated Mission Skill India, which includes several components such as PMKVY, SANKALP, UDAAN to name a few. Despite this, we are nowhere near accomplishing our promise of skilling 300 million people of the population by 2020. This underscores certain deficiencies or flaws of our skilling appr

A whopping 90% of India's workforce is comprised of unskilled workers. Skilling them is the only way they can aim to improve incomes. Aajeevika Bureau and niiti consulting invite you to a Roundtable discussion on that aims to discuss the findings of, 'On the Job Training Programme' impact study. The participatory deliberation between experts in this space, we hope, will result in a clear direction of how this model can be adapted widely across other geographies, and diffe

Evidence Building For Achieving SDGs –  Digital Development and Inclusion Feb 12 – 14, 2020 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

Are you planning to work virtually? Here are some tips shared by professionals experienced in virtual work for five years or more! I got married in the fall of 1996. I was working as a mid-level manager at a blue-chip MNC, and my career was going well. The small issue was that my husband was in a transferable job, and I was unwilling to compromise with my marital life or my career. Home-officing was not really an option back then, the internet had just entered homes and was s

The spotlight on disability inclusion needs to be brightened. According to Return on Disability’s research , only 25.7% of the 1283 firms they surveyed indicated an interest in disability inclusion, with only 3.6% of the firms making a measurable effort towards it. This includes pursuing inclusion for their own employees, or as a customer base. It’s a far cry from what can actually be achieved if efforts are put towards actively pursuing disability inclusion. We’ve derived th

Unarguably, people with disabilities have experienced more prejudice and discrimination than any other group in history. They face situations ranging from minor embarrassment & inconvenience to relegation of a life of limited experience and reduced social opportunity & civil rights . Moreover, the disability experience resulting from the interaction of health conditions, personal factors, and environmental factors varies greatly across disabilities. For instance, women with d

The Economic Survey of India 2018-19 speaks of shifting gears for ensuring economic growth. The focus has been to open several pathways...

Innumerable debates have occurred on gender equity world over and more so in India, most of them including women’s positing in the society, general level of education and exposure, health status, participation in sports, economic standing and the like. While on one hand, there is an increased literacy and participation in workforce by women in India, they still struggle to counter the patriarchal mindset which is the root cause for issues like early school dropouts, lack of f

Sugarcane is a very heavily used feedstock for biofuels. It is considered as a very useful biofuel, since it has become the key ingredient to replace fossil fuels. India is the second largest producer of sugarcane after Brazil. The blog touches upon my field experiences of Meerut to showcase how the sugarcane value chain can be made environmentally sustainable so as to win against climate change. Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh scores ace in terms of area, production and yie

Health is a fundamental human right and is a pre-requisite for any further human, social or economic development. It is a causative factor that impacts a nation’s aggregate economic growth. With the COVID-19 outbreak , there is no denying the fact that human health is one of the most critical areas and needs government’s attention. Though currently, healthcare is the focal point for everyone, getting undivided attention of both central and state governments, the same wasn’t

World Bank’s 2012 report on India’s Poverty Profile exclaims that 21% population of India lives below poverty line, i.e. 1 in every 5 persons in India is poor. The numbers in 2020 would be rather grimmer. Poverty presents itself with other issues of hunger, debt-trap, poor health status, minimal or no education for children, no decent employment opportunities and thus the vicious cycle of poverty continues for the next generation of the family. Multitude of government schemes

Hailing from a commerce background, I was meant to be a part of the service sector. Social sector had been an untouched domain for me,...

On March 16, we conducted a workshop on Documenting for Operational Efficiency for field staff and project coordinators of Save The Children in Delhi. We helped them get a hands-on understanding of efficient ways of data collection and documentation methods with specific examples from their ongoing project.

8 th March was lot of fun and excitement. Doers’ Labs added another feather to its cap “workshop on women safety”. Without using any martial arts techniques or carrying any weapons, with women of Dimensions Data we created a new safety mantra ……BREAK…..Break the silence, Recognise risks, Empower, Aware and Know safety techniques. The 2 hrs workshop gave us a group of friends who shared, laughed over experiences, discovered safety equipment like safety pins and key rings and p

We live in a raucous world where the buzz of static noise and the cacophony of high-pitched sounds drown out meaningful stuff. It is somewhat paradoxical that in a world that has hundreds of TV channels, thousands of websites and millions of social media users, we get more confused than enlightened. What Knowledge Factory hopes is to bring some entertaining sense of knowledge through events and talks that shape intelligent, socially and intellectually aware citizens. Here’s w