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How the lack of reliable data hurts the most vulnerable Indians

In this Scroll article, Arun Kumar talks about how the disenfranchisement of many of India’s urban poor has been a means of keeping labour vulnerable and cheap. This becomes possible because they are viewed by the state as illegal. This legalises their exclusion. To empower the urban poor, we must begin with the unconditional inclusion of the disenfranchised as citizens.

COVID-19 impact: Women employed in India’s informal sector report food insecurity, financial and social exclusion

Arun Kumar speaks to Firstpost on why it is imperative to bring in the urban poor especially women into the social security net. India’s millions of migrant workers share a common predicament: they lack a political voice. The disenfranchisement of many of India’s urban poor has been a means of keeping labour vulnerable and cheap.

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