-Press release by Rythu Swarajya Vedika dated March 8, 2022 A new report on tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Rythu Swarajya Vedika reveals how the denial of land owners' signatures on the Crop Cultivator Rights Cards is adversely affecting them. The Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV), a network of organizations and individuals working for the well-being and rights of farming community, released Part-1 of the report of its extensive study of tenant farmers...
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Low grant sanctions, disbursement: India wants to promote FPOs but where are the funds? -Shagun
-Down to Earth Eligibility threshold for FPOs should be reduced or support provided to meet the criteria, experts feel Farmer producer organisations (FPO) figure prominently in government policies and the ambitious plan to double farmers’ income by 2022. But funds remain elusive for these bodies, according to a recent analysis. Just 1-5 per cent of FPOs have received funding under central government schemes introduced to promote them in the last seven years, the...
More »Rs.60,000-crore loan guarantee scheme for COVID-hit sectors yet to take off -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu 52 days after it was announced as a top relief package, Finance Minister says it ‘is in the process’. A Rs.60,000-crore loan guarantee scheme for helping sectors hit the hardest by COVID-19 is yet to get off the ground, 52 days after it figured at the top of an economic relief package to cope with the second wave’s shocks. This proposed credit support was part of a new ₹1.1 lakh crore...
More »Official data corroborates deepening of livelihood crisis in urban areas during the 2020 nationwide lockdown
The recently released quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data broadly confirms the dip in employment and jobs during the countrywide lockdown period, followed by a certain degree of recovery in the post-lockdown months last year as have been indicated by various survey-based studies and research papers. The quarterly bulletin on PLFS provides data on key employment and unemployment indicators i.e. Unemployment Rate (UR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Labour...
More »NREGA wage delay adds to Covid pain -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph Workers yet to receive a month's payment from Centre and state at a time, no work is available owing to the pandemic Koushalya Hembram, 42, of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district worked under the rural job scheme for 21 days in April. But the unmarried resident of Podahat village had not received her wages till Monday. No other work is available in her area amid a resurgent Covid. “I keep checking my mobile...
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