-Down to Earth There are prominent shortcomings in implementation, especially registration of workers and and collection and distribution of Cess The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic had widespread and devastating consequences to communities and enterprises in India and across the globe. However, the situation was particularly grim for the 453.6 million internal migrants in India, evidenced by the unprecedented ‘reverse migration’ Witnessed during the pandemic. Their vulnerabilities were exacerbated by the fact a...
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Are we Witnessing depeasantisation in Indian agriculture?
The newly released Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India (NSS 77th Round) establishes the fact that the farm households are more and more relying on wage incomes instead of 'net incomes from crop cultivation' for their livelihoods. In Marxian lexicon, proletarisation (a term that we can loosely use for depeasantisation) refers to the process in which the farmers/ tillers are...
More »'Hindu Khatre Me Hain'?: Four years of Yogi Raj Witnessed 42 sadhus killed in Uttar Pradesh
-National Herald Reports that at least 42 sadhus or holy men have been murdered in different districts in Uttar Pradesh have sent shockwaves through the state. In most cases they seem to have been killed by disciples The death of Mahant Narendra Giri, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), and Mahant of Baghambri Gaddi Math in Prayagraj has opened a Pandora’s box. Sordid details of property, disproportionate assets, temple employees' lavish...
More »Explained: Why is it raining so heavily in Kolkata? -Sibu Tripathi
-IndiaToday.in The weather change in the region is being attributed to two major developments taking shape over the Bay of Bengal and in South Bangladesh. Kolkata broke the record for highest rainfall in 14 years as the city recorded over 200 mm of rainfall in the last two days. The previous such record was in 2007 when the city Witnessed 174 mm rain. While airports, hospitals and roads are beginning to inundate,...
More »Bhanwari Devi Case: Trial to Proceed Without Testimony of FBI's DNA Expert
-PTI/ TheWire.in The two-month time granted by the Supreme Court to the CBI to produce Amber B. Carr before the trial court ended on Thursday. Jodhpur: The Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case trial will now proceed without the testimony of prosecution Witness Amber B. Carr, a DNA expert with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The two-month time granted by the Supreme Court to the CBI to produce her before...
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