Topic directory
Labour
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing labour.
- Aga Khan Rural Support Programme India
Participatory development programmes for rural livelihoods and ecological regeneration.
Organisation AgricultureWelfare India, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar
Go straight to Aga Khan Rural Support Programme India - Akshayakalpa / Akshayakalpa Foundation
Farmer-entrepreneurship, regenerative farming, and rural livelihoods rooted in organic dairy systems.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Go straight to Akshayakalpa / Akshayakalpa Foundation - Annual Survey of Industries
Factory-level data on employment, wages, inputs, output, value added, capital, energy use and industrial structure
Data source EconomyLabour India
Go straight to Annual Survey of Industries - BAIF Development Research Foundation
Rural development institution pioneering tribal wadi agroforestry, sustainable livestock management, and watershed regeneration across India
Organisation AgricultureLand India
Go straight to BAIF Development Research Foundation - Buzz Women
Empowering underserved women through knowledge, skills, and livelihood tools.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka
Go straight to Buzz Women - Centre for Environment Concerns
Water-soil-climate innovations and resilient farming systems for drought-prone regions.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to Centre for Environment Concerns - Dakshin Foundation
Marine and coastal conservation linked to livelihoods, wellbeing, and environmental justice.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep
Go straight to Dakshin Foundation - Documentaries on Labour, Capitalism, and Development
Curated directory of documentaries on labour, caste, land dispossession, agrarian movements, and climate justice across India and the world
Directory LabourCaste India, Global
Go straight to Documentaries on Labour, Capitalism, and Development - Education For Employability
Support services for disadvantaged youth and rural entrepreneurs.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to Education For Employability - eSankhyiki
MoSPI's own data portal — national accounts, CPI, industrial production, labour force and consumption surveys, with an API
Data source EconomyLabour India
Go straight to eSankhyiki - Farmers for Forests
Carbon-financed agroforestry and biodiversity restoration with smallholder farmers.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Maharashtra
Go straight to Farmers for Forests - FISE
Supporting social entrepreneurs to develop and scale businesses.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to FISE - FPOhub
Resource and discussion hub for building farmer producer organisations, rural livelihoods and sustainable agricultural markets
Community AgricultureLabour India
Go straight to FPOhub - Frappe
Open-source software company behind ERPNext and Frappe Framework — the most widely used FOSS ERP, deployed by businesses, nonprofits, and governments worldwide
Tool TechnologyLabour Global, India
Go straight to Frappe - GOONJ
Turning underused urban material into a rural development resource with dignity.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India
Go straight to GOONJ - Gram Vikas
Water conservation and afforestation for rural development, with a distinctive all-or-none community model.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
Go straight to Gram Vikas - Hasiru Dala
Social organisation integrating informal waste pickers into municipal solid waste systems, circular economy, and social security in Karnataka
Organisation LabourCities Karnataka, India
Go straight to Hasiru Dala - Himalaya Unnati Mission
Himalayan conservation, livelihoods, and ecological stewardship rooted in mountain communities.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
Go straight to Himalaya Unnati Mission - ILO Employment and Social Trends
Annual ILO flagship on labour markets, unemployment, productivity, informality and social dialogue with strong India-relevant indicators
Publication LabourEconomy Global, India
Go straight to ILO Employment and Social Trends - ILOSTAT
The ILO's labour statistics — employment, informality, wages, working time and union density, harmonised across countries
Data source LabourEconomy Global, India
Go straight to ILOSTAT - India Labour Observatory
Survey-design-aware labour market evidence from India’s PLFS 2023–24, with uncertainty and provenance visible.
Dashboard LabourEconomy India
Go straight to India Labour Observatory - India Productivity Lab
Research centre measuring firm-level productivity in India — generates the India KLEMS database and diagnostic tools for understanding economic growth drivers
Organisation EconomyLabour India
Go straight to India Productivity Lab - IndusTree
Sustainable livelihoods in creative manufacturing and regenerative value chains.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal
Go straight to IndusTree - IPUMS International
Harmonised census microdata from 100+ countries — individual records spanning decades, making long-run comparative demographic research possible
Data source DemographyLabour Global, India
Go straight to IPUMS International - Jagriti Seva Sansthan
Building India through enterprise in Middle India, running the iconic Jagriti Yatra train journey.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
Go straight to Jagriti Seva Sansthan - Jagriti Yatra
Nonprofit train journey and alumni network introducing young people to social enterprise across small-town and rural India
Organisation LabourEducation India
Go straight to Jagriti Yatra - Labour Bureau Wage Rate Index
Rural and urban wage rates for 46 agricultural and non-agricultural occupations, collected monthly from 600 villages and published as wage rate indices
Data source LabourAgriculture India
Go straight to Labour Bureau Wage Rate Index - LibTech India
Action-research collective tracking public welfare delivery, MGNREGA wage delays, and digital exclusions in rural social security systems
Organisation WelfareLabour India
Go straight to LibTech India - Lipok Social Foundation
Improving farmer livelihoods in Marathwada and Vidarbha.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Maharashtra
Go straight to Lipok Social Foundation - Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
Grassroots peasant-worker union that pioneered Jan Sunwais and led the historic movement for India's Right to Information and MGNREGA
Organisation RightsLabour Rajasthan, India
Go straight to Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan - MGNREGA Public Data
Job cards, works, muster rolls and payments for India's rural employment guarantee, published down to panchayat level
Dashboard WelfareLabour India
Go straight to MGNREGA Public Data - MoSPI MCP Server
27 official Indian statistical datasets, queryable in plain language from an AI assistant rather than through a download page
Data source EconomyLabour India
Go straight to MoSPI MCP Server - MoSPI Microdata Archive
Unit-level records from India's national sample surveys — the raw respondent data behind the published aggregates
Data source EconomyLabour India
Go straight to MoSPI Microdata Archive - Paani Foundation
Community-led water conservation and climate-resilient rural livelihoods focused on drought-prone Maharashtra.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Maharashtra
Go straight to Paani Foundation - Padraka Foundation
Systems entrepreneurship in environmental governance.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Telangana
Go straight to Padraka Foundation - Periodic Labour Force Survey
India's principal recurring survey of employment, unemployment, labour-force participation and working conditions
Data source LabourEconomy India
Go straight to Periodic Labour Force Survey - PRADAN
Women-led livelihoods, producer collectives, and rural development systems change.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Bihar
Go straight to PRADAN - RCRC
Rights-based natural resource governance, climate justice, and resilient rural livelihoods.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to RCRC - Sarjapura Curries
Food biodiversity, local greens, and community storytelling rooted in regional food systems.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka
Go straight to Sarjapura Curries - Sauramandala Foundation
Social and economic change for remote and inaccessible communities through collaborative action.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Meghalaya
Go straight to Sauramandala Foundation - SEWA Bharat
National federation of informal women workers organizing for labour rights, social security, financial inclusion, and cooperative enterprise across India
Organisation LabourGender India
Go straight to SEWA Bharat - Shivganga Gram Vikas
Rural development in tribal areas through water conservation.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Madhya Pradesh
Go straight to Shivganga Gram Vikas - Startup India (DPIIT)
DPIIT-recognised startups database — 100K+ entities registered with state, sector, gender, and eligibility details, published under the Startup India initiative
Data source EconomyTechnology India
Go straight to Startup India (DPIIT) - Swaraj University
Alternative learning community where young people design education around real projects, mentors and ecological responsibility
Organisation EducationEnvironment India, Rajasthan
Go straight to Swaraj University - SwaYYam
Permaculture and agroecology collective regenerating degraded farmland through farmer collectives, tree-planting, and food sovereignty.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka
Go straight to SwaYYam - The Timbaktu Collective
Grassroots regeneration of drought-prone landscapes through cooperatives, organic farming, and local economies.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to The Timbaktu Collective - Transform Rural India Foundation
Community-first rural development spanning health, nutrition, education, farm prosperity, and local governance across eight states.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to Transform Rural India Foundation - Udhyam Learning
Entrepreneurial mindset in young learners through large-scale school and nano-entrepreneurship programmes.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to Udhyam Learning - Udhyam Learning Foundation
Builds entrepreneurial skills among government-school students and supports nano-entrepreneurs in improving their livelihoods
Organisation EducationLabour India
Go straight to Udhyam Learning Foundation - Udyam MSME Registration
Official MSME registration portal with public statistics on registered enterprises by state, sector, social category, gender, and enterprise size
Data source EconomyLabour India
Go straight to Udyam MSME Registration - Vaagdhara
Farming sovereignty, child protection, and democracy in tribal regions.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat
Go straight to Vaagdhara - VoxDev
Home of development economics, publishing expert-reviewed research summaries that translate papers into policy takeaways.
Publication EconomyEducation Global
Go straight to VoxDev - WASSAN
Ecological security for rainfed areas and poorer communities.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
Go straight to WASSAN - Women, Business and the Law
Annual World Bank legal benchmark on gender-relevant labour laws, property rights and business constraints
Publication GenderLabour Global, India
Go straight to Women, Business and the Law - World Bank Enterprise Surveys
Firm-level survey data from 150+ countries on constraints, infrastructure, corruption, finance, labour, trade, and productivity — India data from 2014 and 2022
Data source EconomyLabour Global, India
Go straight to World Bank Enterprise Surveys - World Bank Microdata Library
Thousands of survey microdatasets — household, business, and administrative surveys from the World Bank and partner organisations, many with India content
Directory EconomyDemography Global, India
Go straight to World Bank Microdata Library - YouthPower India
District-level dashboard of youth opportunity in India, tracking jobs, education, and skilling indicators across 800+ districts
Dashboard EducationLabour India
Go straight to YouthPower India