-The Indian Express Bhilwara in Rajasthan was one of the early hotspots of the COVID-19 outbreak. The government responded with extraordinarily aggressive measures — and the ‘Bilwara model’ could now be replicated elsewhere in the country. Jaipur: Almost two weeks into the nationwide lockdown, with the case count from the novel coronavirus disease climbing to 4,281 (with 111 deaths) as of Monday night, the Union Health Ministry has said that over 80%...
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Urban joblessness up 22%, experts fear gains against poverty to be wiped out -Seema Chishti
-The Indian Express An estimated 50 million people are believed to have lost their jobs in just two weeks of the lockdown. The CMIE data showing rise in unemployment in urban areas by more than 22 per cent between March 22 and April 5 confirms that the lockdown prompted by coronavirus will wipe out the tremendous gains made by India in being the only country apart from China to lift millions out...
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-ThePrint.in In episode 437 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the containment plan released by the Indian government and how Rajasthan's Bhilwara successfully curbed Covid-19. New Delhi: The government of India has released a containment plan for large outbreaks. The plan is based on the Bhilwara model — Rajasthan government’s strategy in the Bhilwara district, which is a Covid-19 hotspot. The Bhilwara district is 530 kilometres from Delhi, in Rajasthan. In 2011, the...
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-The Indian Express The states must engage NGOs, factories and charities including religious organisations to raise funds for meeting the expenditure on milk, eggs, cooking oil and vegetables, and even soaps and sanitisers. Nearly one-fifth of India’s labour force consists of internal migrants. As per the 2011 census, a quarter of the urban population consists of migrants. These tend to be predominantly male, from the less developed northern states, in the lower...
More »Survey shows 42% have no ration left for the day, let alone duration of lockdown -Seema Chishti
-The Indian Express/ PTI The immediate relief that migrant workers wanted was rations, then a promise of monthly support. About 83 per cent of them worried that they would not be able to find work at the end of the shutdown. New Delhi: A survey of 3,196 migrant construction workers whose livelihood has been disrupted after the announcement of the 21-day lockdown over COVID-19 paints a dismal picture of migrant lives, especially...
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