-The Indian Express The draft proposes that the land pooling model which is used in building greenfield airports can be used in agriculture to enable corporatisation, which will create demand for skilled Labourers. A LAND pooling model enabling corporatisation of agriculture, opening up EPF and ESIC for the unorganised sector, merging the MNREGA with skill development programmes to create a wage subsidy programme —- these are some of the proposals that have...
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When a filmmaker walks the mile with migrants, from Delhi to Bihar -Dipanita Nath
-The Indian Express National Award-winning filmmaker Vinod Kapri travels 1,232 km with a group of Labourers, as he tells the story of the good, the bad and the unexpected Over phone, Delhi-based filmmaker Vinod Kapri sounds tired. It is the only sign of the journey of more than 1,232 km that he has made during the pandemic. Kapri accompanied a group of seven construction Labourers from Delhi to Bihar to understand, first...
More »During Lockdown, 59% Workers Not Paid Wages in Maharashtra, 92% in Gujarat: Study -Amey Tirodkar
-Newsclick.in A rapid survey done by 4 independent organisation calls for universal PDS, direct cash transfer, among other things. Mumbai: A rapid survey done by four independent organisations on the condition of migrant workers in Gujarat and Maharashtra has suggested several measures that could be taken to ease the situation. The rapid survey, done by theCentre for Labour Research (CLRA), Habitat Forum (Inhaf), Mashal and sociology department of Savitribai Phule University, Pune was...
More »Telangana: Doctor drives 70 km to shift tribal expectant mother to healthcare centre -Rahul V Pisharody
-The Indian Express Medical officer Dr Mohammed Mukram drove through the forests and shifted the expectant mother to the public healthcare centre in his car with the help of an ASHA worker and ensured a safe institutional delivery. Hyderabad: At a time the health machinery is overburdened fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, a doctor in Telangana’s Mahabubabad district helped an expecting mother by himself driving around 70 km to make her reach the...
More »Lockdown led to massive job losses, show early results of an ongoing telephonic survey
Preliminary results of an ongoing study by the Centre for Sustainable Employment of Azim Premji University (APU) indicate that the lockdown has had a devastating impact on the livelihood security of the working people. The survey is currently being conducted across the country by the Centre for Sustainable Employment along with civil society organisations. Impact on livelihoods Analysis of preliminary data collected through telephonic interviews between 13th April, 2020 and 9th May, 2020...
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