-The Hindu Figure falls to 7, as against the UN-set target of 8 for 2020 Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): In a significant achievement, Kerala has brought its infant mortality RATe (IMR), down from 10 to the single digit of 7 (per 1,000 live births), according to the latest Sample RegistRATion System (SRS) bulletin. This means that Kerala has achieved the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target for IMR reduction, set at eight for the year...
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In order to help migrant workers, Centre and states should ensure Free Travel, Free COVID Tests, Free Universal PDS, Wages and Cash Support and Universal Employment Guarantee, among other things
-Press release by Right to Food Campaign dated 8th May, 2020 The Right to Food Campaign has issued a statement insisting the central and state governments to ensure that all labourers get free RATions, transport facilities and are treated with dignity. Please click here to access the statement issued by Right to Food Campaign insisting on free RATions, transport facility and dignity for stranded migrants. For more information, please contact the following...
More »Not at the cost of food security -Siraj Hussain & Ajit Ranade
-The Indian Express Diverting rice to produce ethanol during the pandemic is unethical. Surplus grains should be used to feed those in distress. In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and a country-wide lockdown came an announcement that was difficult to believe. The press release said the National Biofuel Coordination Committee (NBCC) chaired by the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas has decided to use “surplus” rice available with the Food...
More »Five weeks of lockdown. Year-long losses. Adivasi villages in MP show why Centre must step up relief -Supriya Sharma
-Scroll.in Sahariya Adivasis in Madhya Pradesh have suggestions for the Modi government. Huddled under a tree in Pahadgarh at half past noon on May 2, the women seemed to be waiting patiently for their turn. Perhaps there was a bank around the corner, I wondered, and they were waiting to withdraw the Rs 500-coronavirus lockdown allowance that the central government had sent to the bank accounts of women under the Jan Dhan...
More »COVID-19 lockdown dents the economy of India’s forest dwellers -Hridayesh Joshi
-Mongabay.com * The nationwide lockdown has affected the economy of India’s tribal population, which depends highly on the sale of minor forest products. * However, state governments are hoping things will become normal soon as the lockdown norms get relaxed in the coming days. Chhattisgarh’s Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel even praised the tribal population in his state for maintaining social distancing properly. * Experts and organisations working with tribal communities demand removal or...
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