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Reimagining Futures: Bhalswa Women Waste Pickers Empowered Through Education

According to the program head, teaching practical skills—such as completing bank withdrawal forms, basic calculations —greatly boosts women's independence and self-assurance. Geeta, a former waste picker who once felt anxious about traveling alone due to facing difficulties in reading numbers, now travels confidently back to her hometown in Begusarai, Bihar.

‘Government should incentivise use of clean fuels’

"India's choking cities need to shift a large number of their private vehicles to clean alternative fuels immediately and pushing consumers to switch their existing vehicles to clean alternatives is the quickest way to achieve this."