Livelihood
Livelihood
At A Glance

Our livelihood initiative is geared towards achieving greater livelihood freedom for the rural and urban poor, and promoting choice and accountability in the area of skill development for underprivileged youth. We aim to further policy measures that increase ease of doing business and remove regulatory or market entry and exit barriers for India’s small entrepreneurs (street hawkers, cycle rickshaw pullers, small shop owners, farmers, among others). We are focussed on Street Vendors, Fisheries, Agriculture, and MSMEs and our work aims at removing regulatory barriers that hamper the prosperity of individuals.

Ongoing Projects
Agriculture
Terracotta Environmentalism
Street Vendors
Agriculture

Agriculture

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Terracotta Environmentalism

Terracotta Environmentalism

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Study on Harassment of Street Vendors

Our project aims to achieve human dignity by ensuring that the Act is implemented better to protect vendors from harassment. Currently, there is no systematic record of harassment data and only isolated incidents are reported.

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Publications
Certificate Courses
UPCOMING
iPolicy
09 Dec 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
1
iPolicy for Young Leaders in Hyderabad (9th & 10th December 2023)
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iPolicy
25 Nov 2023
10:00 AM - 4:30 pm
1
ePolicy for Young Leaders (25th, 26th November and 2nd December 2023 )
Online
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Masterclass
19 Nov 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
1
Online Certificate Workshop on Use of Statistics in Public Policy
Online
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iPolicy
17 Nov 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
1
iPolicy for Young Leaders (17 and 18 November 2023)
Mumbai, India
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iPolicy
05 Aug 2023
2:00 PM - 7:30PM
1
Online Certificate Workshop on ‘Fundraising & Grant Management’
Zoom
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iPolicy
24 Jun 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM on all days
1
iPolicy for Young Leaders - 24th & 25th June 2023
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Dialogue
PAST
VAAD VIVAD
23 Apr 2023
2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
1
Decentralisation and Panchayati Raj System
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CAMPUS TALKS
28 Nov 2022
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
1
Unfree to Sell: Studying the impact of trade policy uncertainty
Zoom
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TWEETCHATS & WEBINARS
27 Nov 2022
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
1
2nd Indian Liberal's Annual Lecture | Dr. JP Narayan
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TWEETCHATS & WEBINARS
29 Oct 2022
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
1
#ccstalks TweetChat: Minimum Wage: Who wins?
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TWEETCHATS & WEBINARS
31 Aug 2022
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
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#ccstalks TweetChat: ‘Ease of Doing Business: Are we there yet?’
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TWEETCHATS & WEBINARS
20 Aug 2022
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
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#ccstalks TweetChat: ‘Should we have capital punishment?'
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Events
UPCOMING
Dialogues
19 Dec 2023
5:00 PM onwards
1
Fireside Chat with Dr. Parth J. Shah and Dr. Dhiraj Nayyar in the Virtual Launch of Freedom and Prosperity equation
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Dialogues
01 Nov 2023
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
1
The BR Shenoy Memorial Lecture 2023
Online on Zoom and streamed on YouTube.
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Dialogues
14 Oct 2023
4 PM Onwards
1
Indian School of Public Policy
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Conferences
04 Sep 2023
6:30 PM Onwards
1
3rd Annual Lecture on Liberalism in India
C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, New Delhi
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PAST
Dialogues
20 Mar 2023
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
1
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) in Mumbai
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Dialogues
05 Apr 2023
1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
1
Bangalore International Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Our Advisors
Shreekant Gupta
Professor, Delhi School of Economics
Surjit Bhalla
Managing Director, Oxus Research and Investments
Past Projects
Umang
With Project Umang, we aim to understand if education interventions such as blended learning and School Leadership a
School Voucher for Girls
School Vouchers for Girls is a school voucher project run by School Choice Campaign for girl children from the North
Right To Education Platform
With a stated motto of Inform-Engage-Reform, the RTE Platform is an initiative to bring together all the knowledge o
Repeal Law Day
Centre of Civil Society (CCS) initiated the 'Repeal of 100 Laws' Project in 2014 with the aim to identify laws that coul
Patang
Section 12 (1) (c) of the Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009 requires unaided private schools to reserve at least 25% se
Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign
Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign is an award winning effort aimed to eradicate market entry and exit ba
Jeevika Film Festival
To complement our advocacy efforts, CCS hosts an annual Asia-wide documentary festival to capture the livelihood chall
INDIABEFORE91
1991 is known as a watershed year for India—signaled by a systemic shift to a more open economy with greater reliance
Delhi School Voucher Project
India 's first School Voucher Project was launched in Delhi on 28 March 2007 by the Centre for Civil Society as part of
Bamboo is Not a Tree
Starting 2009, CCS consistently campaigned for reforms in bamboo regulations in India through its Bamboo is Not a Tree c
Vikalp
Vikalp was a skill voucher pilot project, acknowledged as the model for NSDC's STAR Scheme (a INR 1,000 crore skill deve
Delhi Voucher Pilot
We launched India's first School Voucher Project in Delhi on 28 March 2007 as part of our School Choice Campaign. To dem
See All Past Projects
Umang
With Project Umang, we aim to understand if education interventions such as blended learning and School Leadership a
School Voucher for Girls
School Vouchers for Girls is a school voucher project run by School Choice Campaign for girl children from the North
Right To Education Platform
With a stated motto of Inform-Engage-Reform, the RTE Platform is an initiative to bring together all the knowledge o
Patang
Section 12 (1) (c) of the Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009 requires unaided private schools to reserve at least 25% se
Delhi School Voucher Project
India 's first School Voucher Project was launched in Delhi on 28 March 2007 by the Centre for Civil Society as part of
Delhi Voucher Pilot
We launched India's first School Voucher Project in Delhi on 28 March 2007 as part of our School Choice Campaign. To dem
See All Past Projects in Education
Repeal Law Day
Centre of Civil Society (CCS) initiated the 'Repeal of 100 Laws' Project in 2014 with the aim to identify laws that coul
INDIABEFORE91
1991 is known as a watershed year for India—signaled by a systemic shift to a more open economy with greater reliance
Bamboo is Not a Tree
Starting 2009, CCS consistently campaigned for reforms in bamboo regulations in India through its Bamboo is Not a Tree c
Vikalp
Vikalp was a skill voucher pilot project, acknowledged as the model for NSDC's STAR Scheme (a INR 1,000 crore skill deve
See All Past Projects in Governance
Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign
Jeevika: Law, Liberty & Livelihood Campaign is an award winning effort aimed to eradicate market entry and exit ba
Jeevika Film Festival
To complement our advocacy efforts, CCS hosts an annual Asia-wide documentary festival to capture the livelihood chall
Bamboo is Not a Tree
Starting 2009, CCS consistently campaigned for reforms in bamboo regulations in India through its Bamboo is Not a Tree c
Vikalp
Vikalp was a skill voucher pilot project, acknowledged as the model for NSDC's STAR Scheme (a INR 1,000 crore skill deve
See All Past Projects in Livelihood