-Vikalp.ind.in While the country is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy is in doldrums, the central government, instead of taking measures to provide immediate relief to the distressed population, has used the opportunity to introduce sweeping changes in the regulatory framework of the agricultural marketing system of the country. On June 3, 2020, the Cabinet approved three ordinances. These ordinances were converted into Acts after they were passed, under...
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Disastrous Decade for Data: The Way Forward -Arjun Kumar, PC Mohanan Amitabh Kundu
-Economic and Political Weekly In recent years, the Indian official data has been challenged for many reasons, most of them arising out of the perception that the government is reluctant to release unfavourable data. These doubts have been exacerbated by the controversy posed by the debate around Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Population Register, and National Register of Citizens and the weakening of established institutions like the National Statistical Commission. The COVID-19...
More »Topping the wrong chart: India has highest number of stillbirths -Kiran Pandey
-Down to Earth India recorded 0.34 million stillbirths in 2019; COVID-19 has disrupted health systems and added to the existing burden Some 0.34 million of the 1.9 million stillbirths globally in 2019 were in India, making it the country with the largest such burden, according to the FIRst joint estimates released by a number of United Nations agencies October 8, 2020. India, along with five other countries — Pakistan, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic...
More »Charged In Lockdown Riot Cases, Migrant Workers Afraid To Return To Gujarat -Parth MN
-IndiaSpend.com Mumbai: This is not the FIRst time Sandeep Srivastava, 21, is preparing to leave his home in southwestern Uttar Pradesh for work. This time, however, his family is tense: The previous time he had migrated for a job, he had ended up in jail. “They are reluctant to let me go. They are scared for my safety,” said Srivastava who belongs to Chauth village in Jalaun district. He was among 25...
More »Passenger vehicle retail sales grow for the FIRst time since March -Yuthika Bhargava
-The Hindu Total vehicle retail sales continue to be on the decline. Total vehicle retail sales in the country continued to decline year-on-year in September 2020, even as passenger vehicle registrations turned positive for the FIRst time since March growing at 9.81% during the month, as per data from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations. Total vehicle registrations fell to 13.44 lakh units in September 2020, down 10.24% from about 14.98 lakh units...
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