-PTI/ Business Standard In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHRC has issued more advisories to various ministries and states on the adverse impact faced by labourers and migrant informal sector workers In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Human Rights Commission has issued more advisories to various ministries and states on the adverse impact faced by labourers and migrant informal sector workers, officials said on Tuesday. The country has been reeling...
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The Proposal for a Minimum Global Corporate Tax Rate -Prabhat Patnaik
-NetworkIdeas.org Following its $1.9 trillion Covid-relief package, the Biden Administration has further announced an infrastructure package of $2.3 trillion. But in contrast to the former which is to be spent within months, the latter is to be spent over an eight-year period. And this package in turn is to be followed by a “human infrastructure” package. All this adds up to a massive stimulus for the economy as well as a...
More »COVID-19: Factory turns oxygen plant in Kota entrepreneur's bid to help
-The New Indian Express Rajesh Aggarwal's Akash plant in Bhimpura near Rampur Industrial Area in Kota earlier produced all kinds of gas materials and supplied them in the local market. JAIPUR: Bold individual efforts have stood in good stead for oxygenstarved Rajasthan. An entrepreneur in the academic coaching city of Kota has found a unique way to tackle the crisis. He has got his factory converted into an oxygen plant in a...
More »Ripples from Cyclone Yaas and surging tides devastate the Sunderbans -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu Unprecedented damage calls for policies geared to climate change For people in the ecologically fragile Sunderbans, life revolves around battling high tides daily and cyclones regularly. But every cyclone throws up new challenges to the Sunderbans and its inhabitants — something the people had not imagined, and policy makers are not prepared for. Over just the past three years, the Sunderbans, which is home to close to five million people, has...
More »Centre to give Rs.100 each to children covered by mid day meal scheme
-The Hindu Right to Food activists say this is insufficient to provide nutrition security The Centre has decided to give about Rs. 100 each to children studying in Class 1 to Class 8 in government schools, who are beneficiaries of the Mid Day Meal scheme. However, Right to Food activists say this is insufficient to provide the nutrition security envisaged by this measure. The money, ₹1200 crore in total, will be given to...
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