-TheWire.in For too long, development authorities across india have ignored the adverse impact of 'densification' and deplorable health and environmental conditions on people’s lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled us to critically review various long term measures that relate to a host of other matters with an objective of bringing about significant change. One such matter that would require critical review and change is the state of housing that is intimately intertwined with...
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Vividly imagining the life of migrant workers -Rajeev Bhargava
-The Hindu A regime of social policy must be installed to meet the basic needs of all citizens at all times – not only during pandemics The current pandemic has forced us to think about the plight of workers in our country. While the virus has demonstrated the enormous value of health workers, it has also enhanced public awareness of the pivotal role of migrant workers in our economy. We have been...
More »india’s farmers can keep economy running in Covid crisis. But who will tell Modi govt that? -Yogendra Yadav
-ThePrint.in This is the moment to thank farmers. You don’t need thali or taali for that, you just need to ensure they get a fair price. Then we can kickstart india’s economy. As many states in north india begin their food grain procurement operations and more and more news begin to filter in from rural india, we can see one of the biggest blunders of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown strategy: it might...
More »Food is a Necessity, So is Making it Available -Hari Vasudevan
-Newsclick.in Today's india has revealed a social innocence about genuine starvation and want, limiting public capacity to make demands of the state. Food is a necessity. Several generations in india regard this home-truth as a stark fact that they have been brought up to respect, either due to experience, or through memory. In some cases, such generations have lived on the edge of india's many Kalahandis, normally ignored, because they are ephemeral,...
More »Economy headed for contraction, less fiscal space for big stimulus -P Vaidyanathan Iyer
-The indian Express If that happens, it won’t be unique to india — the IMF expects the Covid pandemic to severely impact growth across regions in its latest World Economic Outlook. It expects the US economy to shrink 5.9 per cent and the global economy to decelerate 3 per cent. New Delhi: As the Centre and states jostle over and grapple with strategies for a staggered exit from the lockdown, the country...
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