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Business News > Mint Authors > Maitreyee Handique

Maitreyee Handique

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY MAITREYEE HANDIQUE

Giving villagers a voice to spur change

7 min read . 21 Sep 2011

Balancing attempt: A public awareness message on a wall in Roshni village, Madhya Pradesh, exhorts men to become ideal husbands and undergo sterilization. The state government is trying to control pop

Correction course in MP stirs debate

7 min read . 16 Jun 2011

Breaking a cultural taboo

9 min read . 13 Jun 2011

Allocation for skill development may not be enough to meet target

3 min read . 01 Mar 2011

The perilous business of recycling lead

6 min read . 18 Nov 2010

Ray of hope: Alemmunisa (foreground) is one of the women entrepreneurs who launched a vegetable business with help from Jan Sewa. Abhijit Bhatlekar / Mint

Faith shows a new way to microlenders

7 min read . 23 Sep 2010

Centre plans to make national minimum wage mandatory

2 min read . 05 Apr 2010

Companies search for talent at upgraded training institutes

6 min read . 25 Mar 2010

Trade unions to lodge protest with finance minister over GST

2 min read . 13 Jan 2010

Industrial strife: A file picture of employees union members protesting against the Rico management in Gurgaon amid heavy police presence. Praveen Kumar / HT

The rise of the new proletariat

15 min read . 28 Dec 2009

Rural activism: Villagers working under NREGS in Rajasthan’s Dilwara district. Around 25.3 million have got jobs under the scheme across India. Madhu Kapparath / Mint

Unions scout for members among job guarantee scheme workers

4 min read . 18 Nov 2009

Small, medium enterprises seek simpler labour laws

2 min read . 05 Nov 2009

The clock is ticking: With silicosis eating away at his lungs, Mukesh Chaganbhai’s frame is wracked by coughing fits, breathlessness and fever. His main worry is about his children’s welfare. Ramesh P

Silicosis, the curse of Khambhat

7 min read . 07 Oct 2009

Supermarket culture: The ministry of small and medium enterprises has said in a note that an estimated 40 million small retailers will lose employment opportunities with the coming of large and foreig

Ministry push for stricter rules, enforcement agency

2 min read . 24 Aug 2009

Panel suggests survey of pay, spending every 10 yrs

2 min read . 16 Aug 2009

Indo-US social security talks likely next year

3 min read . 15 Jul 2009

Unresolved issue: In September, the government had raised the MSP for cotton by 46%. Aijaz Rahi / AP

Cotton ginners plan to go on strike over high prices

2 min read . 23 Nov 2008

Global Steel chairman Pramod Mittal

Global Steel owes salaries, answers

10 min read . 04 Aug 2008

Landless in India: Manti Naha (centre), a widow from Dibulganj in Uttar Pradesh, did not own arable land at the time of displacement. She, among others, is not entitled to any compensation. Today, she

Three decades on, promises unfulfilled

5 min read . 15 Jul 2008

hreat on shelter: (above) Women in Gharaswal village, the site of Essar Power’s proposed 1,200MW plant. (Photograph by Harikrishna Katragadda/ MINT)

Despair for Singrauli farmers as govt pushes power projects

5 min read . 10 Jul 2008