Livelihood
Livelihood
At A Glance

Our livelihood initiative is geared towards achieving greater livelihood freedom for the rural and urban poor, and promoting choice and accountability in the area of skill development for underprivileged youth. We aim to further policy measures that increase ease of doing business and remove regulatory or market entry and exit barriers for India’s small entrepreneurs (street hawkers, cycle rickshaw pullers, small shop owners, farmers, among others). We are focussed on Street Vendors, Fisheries, Agriculture, and MSMEs and our work aims at removing regulatory barriers that hamper the prosperity of individuals.

Ongoing Projects
Agriculture
Terracotta Environmentalism
Street Vendors
Agriculture

Agriculture

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Terracotta Environmentalism

Terracotta Environmentalism

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Study on Harassment of Street Vendors

Our project aims to achieve human dignity by ensuring that the Act is implemented better to protect vendors from harassment. Currently, there is no systematic record of harassment data and only isolated incidents are reported.

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Publications
Certificate Courses
UPCOMING
Colloquium
30 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
1
Colloquium on "The Basic Truth About Inflation"
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PAST
Advanced Liberty & Society Seminar
27 Sep 2024
09:00am - 06:00pm
1
Advanced Liberty & Society Seminar (27-30 September 2024)
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Colloquium
07 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
1
Colloquium on ‘Economics of Corruption’
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PAST
iPolicy
27 Jul 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
1
CCS Introductory Course in Public Policy ‘iPolicy for Young Leaders’
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PAST
Colloquium
26 May 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
1
Colloquium on The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal
New Delhi
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iPolicy
25 May 2024
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
1
CCS Introductory Course in Public Policy ‘ePolicy for Young Leaders’
Online
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Dialogue
PAST
BAITHAK
10 Aug 2024
11:00 am - 11:30 am
1
Baithak: Process Reforms for Economic Growth
Centre for Civil Society, Hauz Khas, New Delhi
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PAST
BAITHAK
04 Apr 2024
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1
Reconciling Experiential and Intellectual Learning
Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi
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PAST
TWEETCHATS & WEBINARS
19 Dec 2023
5:00 PM onwards -
1
Fireside Chat with Dr Parth J. Shah and Dr Dhiraj Nayyar in the Virtual Launch of Freedom and Prosperity Equation
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PAST
VAAD VIVAD
23 Apr 2023
2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
1
Decentralisation and Panchayati Raj System
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CAMPUS TALKS
28 Nov 2022
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
1
Unfree to Sell: Studying the impact of trade policy uncertainty
Zoom
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TWEETCHATS & WEBINARS
27 Nov 2022
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
1
2nd Indian Liberal's Annual Lecture | Dr. JP Narayan
Zoom
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Events
UPCOMING
Dialogues
26 Nov 2024
1
Appeal for National Repeal Law Day 2024
The University of Chicago Center. New Delhi
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UPCOMING
Dialogues
21 Nov 2024
6:00 - 7:30 PM IST / 8:30 - 10:00 AM EDT
1
BR Shenoy Memorial Lecture 2024
Online via Zoom and YouTube Live
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PAST
Dialogues
28 Jun 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
1
Book Launch: RIP USD: 1971 - 202X
Constitution Club of India, New Delhi
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PAST
Other Events
18 Mar 2024
9:30 AM onwards
1
New Delhi
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PAST
Dialogues
01 Nov 2023
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
1
The BR Shenoy Memorial Lecture 2023
Online on Zoom and streamed on YouTube.
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Our Advisors
Jagdish Bhagwati
Columbia University/International Economics, CFR
Nimai Mehta
Nimai Mehta, Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
Research Director and Senior Fellow, IDFC Institute
Reuben Abraham
Reuben Abraham, CEO & Senior Fellow, IDFC Institute
Past Projects
Umang
With Project Umang, we aim to understand if education interventions such as blended learning and School Leadership a
School Voucher for Girls
School Vouchers for Girls is a school voucher project run by School Choice Campaign for girl children from the North
Right To Education Platform
With a stated motto of Inform-Engage-Reform, the RTE Platform is an initiative to bring together all the knowledge o
Repeal Law Day
Centre of Civil Society (CCS) initiated the 'Repeal of 100 Laws' Project in 2014 with the aim to identify laws that coul
Patang
Section 12 (1) (c) of the Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009 requires unaided private schools to reserve at least 25% se
Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign
Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign is an award winning effort aimed to eradicate market entry and exit ba
Jeevika Film Festival
To complement our advocacy efforts, CCS hosts an annual Asia-wide documentary festival to capture the livelihood chall
INDIABEFORE91
1991 is known as a watershed year for India—signaled by a systemic shift to a more open economy with greater reliance
Delhi School Voucher Project
India 's first School Voucher Project was launched in Delhi on 28 March 2007 by the Centre for Civil Society as part of
Bamboo is Not a Tree
Starting 2009, CCS consistently campaigned for reforms in bamboo regulations in India through its Bamboo is Not a Tree c
Vikalp
Vikalp was a skill voucher pilot project, acknowledged as the model for NSDC's STAR Scheme (a INR 1,000 crore skill deve
Delhi Voucher Pilot
We launched India's first School Voucher Project in Delhi on 28 March 2007 as part of our School Choice Campaign. To dem
See All Past Projects
Umang
With Project Umang, we aim to understand if education interventions such as blended learning and School Leadership a
School Voucher for Girls
School Vouchers for Girls is a school voucher project run by School Choice Campaign for girl children from the North
Right To Education Platform
With a stated motto of Inform-Engage-Reform, the RTE Platform is an initiative to bring together all the knowledge o
Patang
Section 12 (1) (c) of the Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009 requires unaided private schools to reserve at least 25% se
Delhi School Voucher Project
India 's first School Voucher Project was launched in Delhi on 28 March 2007 by the Centre for Civil Society as part of
Delhi Voucher Pilot
We launched India's first School Voucher Project in Delhi on 28 March 2007 as part of our School Choice Campaign. To dem
See All Past Projects in Education
Repeal Law Day
Centre of Civil Society (CCS) initiated the 'Repeal of 100 Laws' Project in 2014 with the aim to identify laws that coul
INDIABEFORE91
1991 is known as a watershed year for India—signaled by a systemic shift to a more open economy with greater reliance
Bamboo is Not a Tree
Starting 2009, CCS consistently campaigned for reforms in bamboo regulations in India through its Bamboo is Not a Tree c
Vikalp
Vikalp was a skill voucher pilot project, acknowledged as the model for NSDC's STAR Scheme (a INR 1,000 crore skill deve
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Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign
Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign is an award winning effort aimed to eradicate market entry and exit ba
Jeevika Film Festival
To complement our advocacy efforts, CCS hosts an annual Asia-wide documentary festival to capture the livelihood chall
Bamboo is Not a Tree
Starting 2009, CCS consistently campaigned for reforms in bamboo regulations in India through its Bamboo is Not a Tree c
Vikalp
Vikalp was a skill voucher pilot project, acknowledged as the model for NSDC's STAR Scheme (a INR 1,000 crore skill deve
See All Past Projects in Livelihood