-Newsclick.in In 2006, chief minister Nitish Kumar Scrapped the APMC Act in Bihar and the destructive effects can be seen in the seething anger amongst farmers. What the Narendra Modi government recently did through passing laws to deregulate agricultural trade, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had accomplished 14 years ago, in 2006. Soon after becoming chief minister in alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he Scrapped Bihar’s Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC)...
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No All-Party Meet Before Parliament Session, Key Panel Meets To Set Agenda -Sunil Prabhu
-NDTV Parliament Monsoon Session: The session will have Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha working in separate shifts and there will be special seating for MPs to ensure distancing. New Delhi: The traditional all-party meet before a parliament session has been Scrapped for the monsoon session, which begins tomorrow. The departure from convention - probably a first in two decades -- is seen as indication of the growing differences between the opposition and...
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-The Hindu On the contrary, Scrapping labour laws will only reduce wages, lower earnings and reduce consumer demand Following the adage, “never waste a crisis”, the government of Uttar Pradesh, last week, introduced an ordinance that has Scrapped most labour laws for three years — ostensibly for creating jobs and for attracting factories exiting China following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. These laws deal with the occupational safety, health and working...
More »No ration cards, no food supplies. Hunger stalks rural India -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The list of PDS beneficiaries has not been updated for over five years and excludes many children and women NEW DELHI : It’s well past lunch hour, but 50-year-old Bitaiya is yet to step into her kitchen. Her meagre supply of wheat flour was Scraped clean the night before. So, whether she—a daily wage earner whose husband died of tuberculosis a few years ago—and her two children, seven- and 16-year olds,...
More »‘What will we eat?’ labourers and people from unorganised sectors stare at uncertain future -Deep Mukherjee
-The Indian Express As a result of the lockdown, thousands, including daily wage labourers, street vendors and those in the unorganised sector, are staring at a massive crisis, with many without the means to even buy food. Jaipur: It’s been an unusual Monday afternoon for Dharmanath Sapera, who, instead of his usual routine of collecting Scrap or working at construction sites, is spending the day worrying about arranging the next day’s meal...
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