The Great Indian Emptying Drive through large parts of rural Bihar, eastern UP, Bundelkhand, Vidarbha, or Rayalaseema, and you’ll see something that should alarm the country: villages where the working-age population has vanished. The elderly sit on charpoys. Children play in empty lanes. The able-bodied, the farmers, labourers, carpenters, masons, have left for Delhi, Mumbai, […]
Category: Poverty & Livelihood
Rural poverty, urban slums, employment, skill development, migration
