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Daud Shaikh, who loves his family and constantly travels across State lines to spend time with them, recently realised how identity documents can add value to his life

Ibrahim wants to earn more money, get a better job, and have a family, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made his goals harder to achieve.

Sudam Kumar, who recently received his PAN card, is looking forward to the benefits and support the identity document will provide construction workers like himself.

Sonu Kumari, a single mother who works as a construction worker in Uttar Pradesh, discovered that understanding her government scheme entitlements will open up a world of opportunities

Change is often hard to measure through statistics and numbers. Here, stories of change bring light to the real lives impacted. This is a collection of stories of change representative of the year of the […]

Construction worker Kundan Prasad is thankful to have had a labour card before the onset of the pandemic, because it enabled him to sustain his family through the lockdowns even when he had no means […]

Mahavir Rai, who works as a construction worker, recently understood how getting a BOCW card would help him secure a better future for his children

The COVID-19 crisis has affected livelihoods and brought income shocks to the working classes. This shock has been accompanied by an unanticipated shift to the digital mode and accelerated digitization in the country.

Samhita-CGF’s REVIVE Alliance has found a place among the best CSR projects conceptualised and executed in the year 2020-21 for our efforts to support and restore the livelihoods of informal workers, nano and micro-entrepreneurs who […]

Informal workers and nano-entrepreneurs form the backbone of India’s economy. Yet, they seldom make an appearance in discussions about economic recovery and growth. Who are nano-entrepreneurs and how do we help them prosper?

Meet Beautician Bano, a fiercely determined entrepreneur and mother of three, who rose above all odds from sweeping a beauty parlour to owning her own.

Samhita has collaborated with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to study CSR approaches, opportunities, and challenges in India. This report includes recommendations for creating a more enabling CSR ecosystem.