-The Hindu I request you to consider advising the State Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards to roll out emergency welfare measures, particularly wage support, to construction workers who are in distress, she says Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to roll out emergency welfare measures for construction industry workers because of the ongoing COVID-19 Lockdown, the party said on Tuesday. In her letter, dated March 23, Ms....
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India cannot fight coronavirus without taking into account its class and caste divisions -Anup Agarwal & Yogesh Jain
-Scroll.in The country must rethink its strategy of epidemic management to be more inclusive of the marginalised sections of the society. How do you discuss self quarantine with a person sharing a tiny shanty with 10 people in a slum? How do you advise social distancing to a manual scavenger? How do you tell an Adivasi, who struggles for one meal a day, to prioritise hand sanitisers? How do you educate tuberculosis...
More »NBFC association seeks three-month moratorium on EMI payments
-The Financial Express NBFCs are at the forefront of financing many of the affected sectors, notably small road transport operators, taxi aggregators, infrastructure contractors, MSMEs, traders etc. After banks wrote to the regulator asking for moratorium on corporate repayments, their non-banking counterparts have sought a three-month moratorium on equated monthly instalment (EMI) payments by their customers as much of the country goes into Lockdown mode. Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) are also asking...
More »A billion plus hunker down: 75 districts in 22 states placed under complete Lockdown -Avishek G Dastidar & Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express In a slew of extraordinary measures, authorities announced a complete Lockdown of 75 districts in 22 States and Union Territories and suspended all passenger trains, inter-state buses and metro services across the country till March 31. As the Janata Curfew called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi wound up Sunday with people across the country responding by staying indoors and applauding those working to battle the coronavirus threat, the government...
More »Spike in COVID-19 cases in Kerala, 28 test positive on Monday
-TheNewsMinute.com The Chief Minister said that Kasaragod district which has 38 cases will be under full Lockdown,. Kerala will be on Lockdown, with 28 new cases of COVID-19 being reported in the state on Monday, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 95. The Lockdown will continue till March 31, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Of the 28 new cases, 19 are in Kasaragod district, five in Kannur, two in Ernakulam and...
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