The Mahatma of Shramjeevi: Ela Bhatt, the ‘Personal Hero’ of millions of workers
16 Nov 2022 1 Min Read

The Grande Dame of the informal sector, a gentle revolutionary and a Gandhian at heart, lives on as a personal hero of millions of workers, reformers, and street vendors across the country.

धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः पथ विक्रेता कानून, एक आशा की उम्मीद
04 Nov 2022 2 Min Read

पथ विक्रेता (जीविका सुरक्षा एवं पथ विक्रय विनियमन) अधिनियम 2014”  पथ विक्रेताओं को जीविका संरक्षण का अधिकार, सामाजिक सुरक्षा और देश में पथ विक्रय के विनियमन के बारे में सुरक्षा प्रदान करता है। पथ विक्रेता अधिनियम का उद्देश्य पथ विक्रेताओं के हितों की रक्षा करना एवं पथ विक्रय गतिविधियों को नियमित करना है। साथ ही, इस अधिनियम का उद्देश्य पथ विक्रेताओं हेतु ऐसा माहौल तैयार करना है जिसमें वे सुगमता तथा बिना किसी उत्पीड़न के व्यापर कर पाये। पथ विक्रेता कानून को लागू हुए 8 साल हो चुके हैं, लेकिन आज भी रेडी पटरी विक्रेता अपने अधिकारों से वंचित हैं। जिसकी वजह से विक्रेताओं को रोजान

Liberty & Society Series 3 : Environmental Challenges: The Tragedy of the Collective
18 Oct 2022 1 Min Read

We face many environmental problems that have serious consequences. This monograph analyses some of these problems and explains why the command-and-control approach to solving these does not work. Instead, it applies the property rights approach which aligns the self-interest of local individuals and communities with the preservation of the resource.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shah

Liberty & Society Series 3 : Environmental Challenges: The Tragedy of the Collective (Hindi)
18 Oct 2022 1 Min Read

A Hindi translation of Parth's lecture on Environmental Challenges, which analyses some of the most common environmental problems we face today and explains why the command-and-control approach to solving these does not work. Instead, it applies the property rights approach which aligns the self-interest of local individuals and communities with the preservation of the resource.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shah

Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign
Tue, 10/18/2022 - 15:54 5 Min Read

Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign is an award winning effort aimed to eradicate market entry and exit barriers to promote individual livelihood freedom for street entrepreneurs

(i.e. street hawkers, cycle rickshaw pullers, small shop owners etc.)

 

Our focus was on street vending and artisanship in Bihar and street vending and cycle rickshaw pulling in Rajasthan.

Jeevika Film Festival
Tue, 10/18/2022 - 15:42 5 Min Read

To complement our advocacy efforts, CCS hosts an annual Asia-wide documentary festival to capture the livelihood challenges faced by the rural and urban poor. The festival brings to light policies and regulations that limit livelihood freedom of the poor.

Terracotta Environmentalism
Thu, 10/06/2022 - 12:47 5 Min Read

A resilient and robust action towards environment protection and conservation should include local communities, sustainable livelihoods, sound economic incentives and a greater role for market-based instruments. At Centre for Civil Society, we approach the environment through the Terracotta vision which focuses on realigning incentives rather than reforming human nature. We believe that human action can be calibrated to positive environmental outcomes through communities, markets and incentives.

Agriculture
Thu, 10/06/2022 - 12:46 5 Min Read

Despite decades of policy interventions, most Indian farmers have not seen their incomes rise, nor have they been able to increase farm productivity. Farmers are prey to indebtedness, a lack of choice in inputs, and underdeveloped warehousing and processing facilities. Our research finds that the distress in the sector primarily results from farmers having little or no control over their enterprise, and Indian agricultural policies provide a cautionary tale of distorting the market process.

Street Vendors
Thu, 10/06/2022 - 12:45 5 Min Read

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).

Surjit Bhalla

Managing Director of Oxus Research and Investments, a New Delhi-based economic research, asset management, and emerging-markets advisory firm. Taught at the Delhi School of Economics and worked at the Rand Corporation and the Brookings Institution.

 

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