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MSMEs in India contribute 30% to the country's GDP and employ over 28 crore people. Despite being the backbone of the economy, they face challenges such as access to finance, scarcity of skilled labour, limited marketing knowledge, and regulatory compliance. Grassroots solutions, such as alternative credit scoring, token-based barter systems, mobile skill training vans, and vernacular education, can help address these challenges.
Most fast fashion thrives on sweatshops, offering cost-effective clothing through low cost labour in poor countries. While they provide better opportunities to workers than their alternatives, they often exploit poverty and risk worker safety. This blog covers the two extremes of the sweatshop argument and analyses whether a middle ground can be reached.
Menstruation, although a biological process, comes with significant economic impacts. Shifts across the cycle affect decision-making, spending, risk tolerance, and workplace performance which create hidden costs through presenteeism, burnout and neglected health conditions. Addressing this could unlock over $1 trillion in global GDP. Recognizing menstrual health as an essential economic infrastructure isn’t just about equity anymore but also about redefining productivity to reflect how the economy truly works.
