-Business Standard Farmers allowed to sell 46 fruits and vegetables directly without BRInging them to mandis After allowing FPOs to directly procure from farmers, Uttar Pradesh has announced another set of reforms to its Mandi Act. The state joins the long list of domains that have used the Covid-19 crisis to make changes in their APMC rules in order to facilitate direct procurement from farmers. Please click here to read more. ...

-TheWire.in/ PTI The Centre on Wednesday relaxed lockdown guidelines enabling states to BRIng back people stranded at different places across the country. Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Thursday said it would BRIng in new guidelines to widen the scope of work under the MGNREGA to provide jobs to migrant workers returning homes, and sent buses to West Bengal for BRInging back people of the state stranded there due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. Chief...

These days a lot many articles, reports, documents, etc. are appearing in the public domain on Coronavirus infection and related issues. An attempt has been made in the present news alert to put together in one place some of the best articles, reports, blogs, webinars, podcasts, etc., which can be useful for our readers. We have divided the resources under various themes for the convenience of our readers and social media...

-Ruralindiaonline.org Thousands of migrant workers from Odisha are stranded at Telangana's BRIck kilns – exploitative worksites made more difficult with the lockdown – and are running out of rations and desperate to return home “There is no lockdown inside the BRIck kiln. We have been working every day as usual,” said Hruday Parabhue, when we met him on April 5. “The only change is the weekly village market is closed, so we...

-The Indian Express The trains will not stop anywhere and alarm chains will be coated with dry paint to catch if someone pulls it midway. The paper says social distancing norms will be followed in stations and trains will run with much less capacity. New Delhi: Special buses to BRIng stranded migrants to railway stations after screening by state governments following which they will be taken to their native states in special...