-NDTV The government is taxing people who buy Covid-related medical drugs like Remdesivir and others, as well as taxing the supplements and medical grade oxygen for oxygen cylinders, with a tax as high as 12 per cent. New Delhi: Indian and global medical experts are shocked at the Indian government making money off the sick and dying. Every expert consulted for this report said this has to stop. A family that buys an...
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It's time for the Govt. to ensure social security of returnee migrants & provide them free vaccination, asks civil society group
-Press release by Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN) dated 5th May, 2021 Soon after the lockdown was imposed in 2020, a group of around 100 volunteers formed Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN). Last year, SWAN responded to distress calls from over 30,000 migrant workers from across India. It connected these workers to local organisations and government officials providing rations, assisted them with their travel arrangements, and distributed over Rs.63 lakhs in...
More »Over half newly-elected MLAs have criminal cases
-The Hindu ADR analysis finds 71% of winning candidates in Kerala, 60% in T.N., 49% in Bengal have criminal cases Over half of the newly-elected MLAs of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and West Bengal had declared criminal cases against themselves in their election affidavits, the Association for Democratic Reforms said in a report on Wednesday. The recently-held Assembly elections, which concluded with counting of votes on May 2, led to the election...
More »Average monthly income for workers fell by 17%
-The Hindu Households coped with the loss of income by reducing food intake, selling assets, and borrowing from friends, relatives and money-lenders The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially increased informality in employment, leading to a decline in earnings for the majority of workers, and consequent increase in poverty in the country, according to ‘State of Working India 2021: One Year of Covid-19’, a report brought out annually by Azim Premji University’s Centre for...
More »27 mn households sought work under employment guarantee scheme last month -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard This was mainly on account of migrants again returning to their homes due to the second wave of Covid-19 and several cities going into lockdowns Around 27.3 million households demanded work under MGNREGA in April 2021, among the highest for the month in recent times. This comes as migrants once again returned to their homes due to the second wave of Covid-19 and several cities went into lockdowns. The high work demand...
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