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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | State’s measures to fight coronavirus are stripping the poor of dignity and hope -Harsh Mander

State’s measures to fight coronavirus are stripping the poor of dignity and hope -Harsh Mander

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published Published on Mar 27, 2020   modified Modified on Mar 28, 2020

-The Indian Express

Harsh Mander writes: The Indian government found it fit to charter planes with medical staff to fly in migrants from other countries. But it felt no responsibility at all to the millions of migrants stranded without work and food in every corner of the country.

I won’t die of corona. Before that, I will surely die of hunger”. I heard this lament more than a dozen times from different people as I joined a group of young friends trying to feed a thousand homeless people in Old Delhi in our small, almost helpless gesture of solidarity with them. “Demonetisation was nothing compared to what we are going through”, said another. “We don’t know if and how we will survive this time”.

An hour later, I read with bemusement and despair the relief package Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced. Her objective, she declared, was to shield the poor from the economic impact of the coronavirus shutdown. “No one will go hungry”, she promised.

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The Indian Express, 27 March, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-covid-19-lockdown-poor-6333452/


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