-Down to Earth Physical distancing as well as home quarantining have changed the housing standardisation game; an overhaul is needed India witnessed a mass exodus of migrant workers in APRIl 2020: Nearly 40 million migrant workers were affected by the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the World Bank. Some estimates pegged the figure at 120-140 million. In APRIl 2021, the country had a deja-vu:...
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Nearly 10,000 children in country need immediate care and protection, SC informed -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Bal Swaraj said they included children aged between zero and 17 orphaned or abandoned during the pandemic since March 2020. Bal Swaraj, an online tracking portal of a national child rights body, shows details of nearly 10,000 children in the country in immediate need of care and protection. They include children aged between zero and 17 orphaned or abandoned during the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. The National Commission for Protection...
More »India's Large Informal Workforce Must Be PRIoritised in Our COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy -Divya Ravindranath and Vikas Kumar
-TheWire.in Informal workers are less likely to be vaccinated due to multiple barriers in the existing vaccination framework. The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdowns have had a devastating impact on India’s informal sector, which employs a vast majority of the country’s workforce. Even as India struggles to extend vaccine coverage amid severe shortage and a deadly second wave, it is critical that this process PRIoritises the millions of informal workers who are...
More »40% MGNREGA wage payments for APRIl, May still pending -PRIscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Centre taking 26 days to clear payment orders generated by States: study Almost 14% of MGNREGA wage payments from APRIl are still pending more than a month later, while 60% of May payments are also pending, according to scheme data. A recent study of the MGNREGA wage transactions in Jharkhand shows that while the States are generating fund transfer orders without delays, it is the Centre which is dragging its...
More »CBSE, CISCE scrap Class XII exams after review by PM -PRIscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Government also added that the results will be made as per a well-defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner. The Class 12 examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have been cancelled, following a review meeting chaired by PRIme Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening. “In view of the uncertain conditions due to COVID and the feedback obtained from various stakeholders, it was decided that Class XII Board Exams...
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