-The Hindu The Government must make haste to prevent a killer disease that claims thousands of Workers’ lives each year Long before COVID-19 hit, countless Workers engaged in mines, construction and factories in India were silently dying of exposure to dust, utmost exploitation and apathy. They continue to do so. Rajasthan’s pioneering model One State — Rajasthan — with the top-most share of over 17% in value of mineral production in the country and...
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Workers Welfare Fund Bill passed by Kerala Assembly
-The New Indian Express The Kerala assembly on Tuesday passed the bill that gives legal validity to the welfare scheme for the Workers of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed the bill that gives legal validity to the welfare scheme for the Workers of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The Kerala Employment Guarantee Workers’ Welfare Fund bill was unanimously passed by the assembly. The...
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-Newsclick.in 2,55,602 appeals and complaints were pending in the 26 information commissions till June 30, according to a report. October 12 marked 16 years of the RTI Act, 2005. The law has empowered millions of citizens to seek information and hold the government accountable. Section3 of the Act states: “Subject to the provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have the right to information.” Under the Act, information commissions (ICs) are the final...
More »The many questions arising from QES data -KR Shyam Sundar
-The Hindu The Quarterly Employment Survey for the April-June quarter throws up some perplexing numbers The Labour Bureau released the results of the All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (QES) for the first quarter (FQ) of 2021 (April to June). The survey covers establishments employing 10 or more Workers in the organised segment in nine sectors (manufacturing, construction, trade, transport, education, health, accommodation and restaurants, IT/BPO, and financial service activities). These sectors account...
More »Total Rerun of Neo-Liberal Policies Won’t Work in a Post-Pandemic World -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in The Biden administration is realising this. The need of the hour, therefore, is to build a post-pandemic growth strategy centred on an increase in public investment and public spending. The period of neo-liberalism witnesses an increase in the share of economic surplus in total output both in individual countries and also for the world as a whole. This is because the “opening” up of the economy to freer trade in goods...
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