-Newsclick.in In the past five years, agri workers’ wage has increased by only about Rs.15 per year. For those leaders of the country who are tearing their hair trying to figure out how to get the economy moving, boost growth, increase investment and create jobs, it would be instructive to look at the plight of the largest economic class in the country – agricultural labourers. Numbering upward of 14 crore, they are...
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Oxfam's India Discrimination Report: Women in India earn less and get fewer jobs
-Press release by Oxfam India dated 15 September 2022 New Delhi: Oxfam India’s latest ‘India Discrimination Report 2022’ finds women in India despite their same educational qualification and work experience as men will be discriminated in the labour market due to societal and employers’ prejudices. The academically recognised statistical model applied in the India Discrimination Report is now able to quantify the discrimination women face in the labour market. The lower...
More »RTI Reveals 122 Deaths by Suicide in WB District; NCRB Report, State Govt Had 'Zero'
-TheWire.in 'The Hindu' has reported on RTI replies revealing a high figure of deaths by suicide among farmers and farm labourers in Paschim Medinipur district. This is contrary to claims by the state government and the most recent NCRB report. New Delhi: A Right to Information response has revealed that a district in West Bengal saw 122 deaths by suicide among farmers and those associated with agricultural work, The Hindu has reported....
More »One agricultural labourer died by suicide every two hours in 2021
-Down to Earth 29% increase in suicides by farm labourers from 2019 The National Crime Record Bureau has released an alarming statistic. An agricultural labourer died by suicide every two hours and a total 1,64,033 people died of suicide in India in 2021. The number amounts to 5,563 suicides by farm labourers, which is a 9 per cent increase from 2020 and a 29 per cent increase from 2019. The highest numbers were recorded...
More »An agricultural labourer died by suicide every 2 hours in 2021: NCRB -Shagun
-Down to Earth Some 5,563 agricultural labourers died by suicide in 2021, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau Agriculture was said to be the sole bright spot for India’s gross domestic product growth, clocking a positive growth rate when other sectors fell to the pandemic during the last two years. But the growth did not translate much for agricultural labourers as at least one agricultural labourer died...
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