Delhi Master Plan 2041: How can planners create a worker-friendly city?

The economic vision laid out in the plan is divorced from the realities of urban employment in Delhi.

Malavika Narayan

, 

Shalini Sinha

 & 

Avi Singh Majithia

· Sep 23, 2021 · 10:03 am

Delhi’s 2041 master plan is an opportunity to make the city more inclusive for informal workers

With workers facing an economic freefall, it is vital the plan reimagines the city with their voices at the forefront.

Malavika Narayan

 & 

Shalini Sinha

· Mar 03, 2021 · 06:30 am

Reimagining urban housing for those who have always worked from home

In absence of any overarching policy protecting them, home-based workers are one of the worst affected in the coronavirus pandemic.

Shalini Sinha

 & 

Malavika Narayan

· Aug 30, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Covid-19: How India can ensure that women in the informal sector get the protection they deserve

These women are facing higher health risks, increased domestic burden and decreased incomes.

Shalini Sinha

· May 12, 2020 · 12:30 pm

India needs to rethink Master Planning – and Delhi can lead the way

The case for a livelihood-centred approach.

Shalini Sinha

 & 

Malavika Narayan

· Dec 03, 2019 · 06:30 am

With Supreme Court order on pensions, 4 crore invisible home-base workers move closer to recognition

Extending home-based workers the same rights and benefits as other workers could transform women’s work in India.

Shalini Sinha

· Aug 10, 2019 · 10:30 am