Private sector sourcing commitments are driving major market growth for sustainable commodities, according to the State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2014 published by an alliance of international organisations. This 2014 edition provides a bird's eye view of market and performance trends of the 16 most prevalent standards initiatives - such as the Forest Stewardship Council, Organic, and Rainforest Alliance - across ten leading commodity sectors.

Recognizing the need for further research within the broader domain of internal migration in India and especially on the condition of migrant children in Kolkata, in 2013, the Institute of Social Sciences, Kolkata collaborated with the UNICEF Office for West Bengal to jointly complete the proposed project called "Children of Migrant Poor in Kolk

This report is based on the employment and unemployment survey conducted in the 68th round of NSS during July 2011 to June 2012.

A presentation by Priya Dutta, IIPHG, Ahmedabad at the Fourth National Research Conference on Climate Change held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from October 26-27, 2013.

Methane and natural debt and impacts on India’s workers of extreme climate change - a presentation by Kirk R. Smith at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.

All mine owners not complying with the safety norms for their workers are likely to face ban of their activities.

This is the report on all-India survey on the situation of employment and unemployment in India carried out as part of the 66th round of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) during the period July 2009 - June 2010.

This is the Forty-Second Report on Implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development).

The majority of chronically poor people are economically active but the poor quality of that work, including its low-pay, dangerous conditions, insecurity and irregularity means that this work frequently maintains people in poverty rather than enabling poverty escapes.

The Stand Alone Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) for the period 2007-12 containing the results of Performance Audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been prepared for submission to the Governor of Bihar under Article 15(12) of the Constitution.

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