-The Indian Express Acknowledging the burden of housework on women is welcome. But more needs to be done to address their exclusion from employment. At a time when four States and the UT of Puducherry are heading for elections, housework and recognising those who do it have become topics of public discourse. In the poll-bound States in south India, housework has figured in manifestos. In Kerala, the ruling Left government has promised...
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Industry hit in Kerala as workers from West Bengal, Assam leave for voting -MP Praveen
-The Hindu Labourers from West Bengal, Assam have gone home to exercise their franchise Kochi: Kabir Ahmad (name changed), a migrant worker in Perumbavoor, had to spend a small fortune on a flight ticket to return home to Hojai district of Assam last month following his parents’ anguished plea to get back in time for voting. Their desperation was borne out of the perceived danger posed to the community by the National...
More »Centre praises Rajasthan’s achievements in ration card scheme
-The Hindu Make the process for procurement of wheat offline in current season, says Jaipur . JAIPUR: The Centre has praised the achievements of Rajasthan in the implementation of “one nation, one ration card” scheme to enable the migrant workers and their family members access the benefits of PDS from anywhere. Rajasthan is the 12th State to successfully undertake the reform. Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey, who was on a visit to the...
More »Farm labourers given drugs to work longer, Centre tells Punjab; bid to malign image, says farmer leader -Deeptiman Tiwary and Raakhi Jagga
-The Indian Express Jagmohan Singh, general secretary of BKU Dakaunda and member of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), accused the Centre of trying to “malign the image of farmers”. Ludhiana: In a letter that could trigger a new flashpoint in its ongoing five-month-long face-off with protesting farmers from Punjab, the Centre has asked the state government to take action on the findings of a probe by the BSF that migrant...
More »States start moving to contain surge, Centre says 11 States/ UTs are of ‘grave concern’
-The Indian Express In Mumbai, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in an address to the state, stopped short of announcing a lockdown, but warned that a decision may have to be taken in the next two days after consultations with experts and political leaders. On the day the Centre categorised 11 States/UTs as “States of grave concern” on account of their high and rising daily cases and deaths, several States moved Friday to...
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