-The Indian Express Madhya Pradesh has found that nearly one-fourth of the returnees were engaged in the construction sector, and almost six out of 10 of them belong to Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Scheduled Classes (SC) communities. New Delhi: In the first such detailed survey carried out by a state among MIGrant workers returning following the coronavirus outbreak in March, Madhya Pradesh has found that nearly one-fourth of the returnees were engaged...
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How many MIGrant workers displaced? A range of estimates -Seema Chishti
-The Indian Express Among the states, UP has said 21.69 lakh workers had returned. Bihar has said 10 lakh had returned; Maharashtra has said 11 lakh have left the state. Gujarat said 20.5 lakh had gone back home. A problem in dealing with issues relating to MIGrant labour after the lockdown was announced on March 25 has been the absence of firm estimates of the number of displaced. Various govt estimates: Last week,...
More »Study on MIGrant labourers who returned home shows half of them do not want to go back -Rahul Noronha
-India Today The bulk of MIGrant workers, nearly 51 percent were engaged in the construction sector, including cutting and polishing of stone, painting and making tiles. About 21 percent of MIGrant labourers were found to be engaged in daily wage employment. Bhopal: A little more than half of the MIGrant labourers who have returned to Madhya Pradesh from various parts of the country do not want to return to their work places...
More »Economy’s Clear Signal: Boost Demand, Not Loans -Montu Bose and Sibin Kartik Tiwari
-Newsclick.in The poor need food and money, not more loans. Only demand-side interventions will revive the economy. The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis that almost all countries are struggling to cope with. Like the rest of the world, India is fighting the spread of the disease and its adverse consequences on the health system and its finances. On the economic front, India was already facing a prolonged slowing down. Even before...
More »How top politicians tweeted about #coronavirus
-HowIndiaLives.com/ Livemint.com Indian leaders came late to the coronavirus discussion. And when they did, they focused more on health and administration than the economy or the poor On 30 January, India reported its first coronavirus case from Kerala. The virus was not yet a global menace, but even by that day, 20 countries already had a combined 7,823 cases. However, it would not be until over a month later that top political...
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