-The Hindu New Delhi: When Sunil Kumar Aledia came across a man lying on the road on Wednesday he first MIStook him for a dead body. It was only after inching closer that he realised that the person was breathing very lightly, he said. “Paani (water) is all that he kept repeating and managed to say. Then I bought a bottle of water and gave it to him,” said Mr. Aledia, convenor...
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A long haul, spend wisely, but don’t skimp on the truly needy -Amartya Sen , Abhijit Banerjee & Raghuram Rajan
-The Indian Express Amartya Sen, Raghuram Rajan, Abhijit Banerjee write: As it becomes clear that the lockdown will go on for quite a while, the biggest worry right now, by far, is that a huge number of people will be pushed into dire poverty or even starvation by the combination of the loss of their livelihoods and interruptions in the standard delivery mechanisms. We in India worry a lot about the possible...
More »By revealing magnitude of migrant worker phenomenon, COVID-19 points to rural distress -Christophe Jaffrelot and Hemal Thakker
-The Indian Express According to the 2011 census, 3.5 million migrants who moved within the last one year stated economic reasons for migration. The corresponding numbers for the 2001 and 1991 census, were, respectively, 2.2 and 1.4 million. The COVID-19 crisis is affecting rural India at a time when agriculture is already in a precarious situation. The thousands of migrant workers who have returned to their villages since the lockdown used to...
More »The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Strengthened Class Segregation in India -Harish S. Wankhede
-TheWire.in Both the government and middle-class society have left the country's migrant workers to their own devices. As citizens bearing equal rights, migrant workers, Dalits, tribals, Muslims and sexual minorities are a substantial part of the modern nation-state. However, the actual story of India’s economic growth has showcased their persistent marginalisation and exclusion. These groups survive in isolation and have often been treated with disdain, MIStrust or even as a threat to...
More »Jayati Ghosh, development econoMISt and professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), interviewed by Rajat MIShra (Outlook India)
-Outlook India The government needs to have a large fiscal stimulus. It needs to put more money in the hands of the poor and vulnerable, Jayati Ghosh, development econoMISt, and professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University tells Outlook. The government recently announced Rs 1.7 lakh crore economic package to help the poor deal with the impact of coronavirus and a 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the disease. Experts think...
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