-Scroll.in Neither testing nor hospital capacities in rural districts seems to have shown much improvement since lockdown was imposed. Five weeks after a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus was announced to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the Centre will allow migrant workers to return home. Five weeks during which hundreds of thousands of workers set out on foot to cover the hundreds of kilometres that lay between...
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Second stimulus: Govt plans targeting based on need, MSMEs to begin with -Aanchal Magazine & Sunny Verma
-The Indian Express PM wary of open-ended provisions: Fund for MSME with guarantee likely. AS the Covid pandemic and the prolonged lockdown batter all sectors of the economy, the government, sources said, is working on a rescue package that, for now, may address the needs of the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) segment RATher than the larger corpoRATe sector. More than six meetings have been held at the Prime Minister’s Office —...
More »‘Systemic exclusion to blame for migrants’ plight’ -Ritwika Mitra
-The New Indian Express A majority of migrant workers in SuRAT and Ahmedabad in GujaRAT lack access to urban documentation, showed a report by Aajeevika Bureau, an NGO working with migrant communities. NEW DELHI: A majority of migrant workers in the two major migrant destinations SuRAT and Ahmedabad in the state of GujaRAT lack access to urban documentation, showed a report by Aajeevika Bureau, an NGO working with migrant communities. While Ahmedabad has...
More »Tripura to create jobs under MGNREGA for those practising shifting cultivation
-PTI/ The Hindu Apart from jobs, the 6,979 ‘Jhumiya’ families will also be provided with seeds for cultivation under the ‘Jhum Sahayata Prakalpa’, according to Minister Nath. Agartala: The Tripura government has launched an initiative to create jobs under MGNREGA for 6,979 families practising shifting cultivation in the State, a senior Minister said on April 29. Apart from jobs, the families will also be provided with seeds for cultivation under the ‘Jhum Sahayata...
More »From Health and Harassment to Income Security and Loans, India's Gig Workers Need Support -Zothan Mawii, Aayush RAThi and Ambika Tandon
-TheWire.in Nearly two weeks ago, news broke that a Zomato delivery worker tested positive for COVID-19 in New Delhi. As many as 72 families in the south Delhi neighbourhood where he made deliveries have been quarantined, along with 17 other people he worked with. With the luxury of social distancing not extended to delivery workers, the incident further fuelled the apprehensions and uncertainties that they already were contending with. This was only...
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