SRCC students help puppeteers, manual scavengers earn a decent living Students from the prestigious Sri Ram College of Commerce aren't just about number-crunching. They use social entrepreneurship to help underprivileged people in the national capital from facilitating micro-credit for autorickshaw drivers to reaching out and arranging vocational training to puppeteers, manual scavengers to helping manual scavengers earn a decent living. ...  
09:20 AM, Mar 05, 2013

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

At one time the cycle rickshaw wallah was at the lowest rung of the income ladder. The Delhi Metro has pulled him up by several ...
03:15 PM, Aug 05, 2012

Chennai: One-way ticket to survival One lot of people who welcome the No Entrysigns on one-way roads are the drivers of rickshaws " both cycle rickshaws and pedicabs (hand-pulled rickshaws). The restriction does not apply to them as their vehicles are not motorised, and these roads that other vehicles cannot enter are a lifeline for them, providing the better part of their livelihood. New No Entry signs come up each day, thanks to the Chennai...  
07:33 AM, Apr 19, 2012