-TheWire.in A survey revealed that big peasants, who were among the top lenders to the labourers, gave them loans in the garb of paying low daily wages. Mansa, Patiala (Punjab): A narrow dirt road alongside a filthy pond enters Neelam’s one room house at Aklia village of Punjab’s Mansa district. The house is just a pile of bricks. The floor is muddy and uneven. Neelam, in her 40s, says that whenever heavy rain...
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Bengaluru food delivery workers protest for COVID relief package, vaccine PRIority
-TheNewsMinute.com The workers said that they have been working round the clock during the lockdown, but their services are unrecognised by the government. Delivery partners from across app-based delivery services like Zomato, Swiggy and Dunzo started an online protest on Saturday, May 29, to be included in the state government’s relief package for workers in the unorganised sector. They also demand that they receive the COVID-19 vaccine on PRIority along with their...
More »Aggressive vaccination key to combating COVID waves: doctors -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Centre to make 6 crore doses available directly for PRIority groups in June An aggressive, liberalised vaccination program is key to preventing another surge of COVID-19, say health experts, warning that pandemics often persist for years presenting in-surges. “We have to accept that COVID is here to stay and that we have to work at long-term management of the virus,” say doctors. The warning comes even as India has so far managed...
More »Indian women are suffering more than men during the pandemic, data shows -Vrishti Beniwal
-ThePRInt.in The unemployment rate for women shot up to 17%, more than double the rate for men, data from PRIvate research firm Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy revealed. New Delhi: Women in India suffered disproportionately because of the coronavirus outbreak last year and they are once again at the receiving end of the pandemic’s second wave, adding to the risks of economic recovery. From lower wages to job losses and slower pace of...
More »Rising PRIces are singeing Covid-battered India, Madame Finance Minister
-The New Indian Express An analysis by The New Indian Express shows that it is not just petrol and diesel PRIces that are scalding you. PRIces of edible oil, tea, and pulses have seen a double-digit growth in the last year. When the APRIl 2021 retail inflation came down to a modest 4.29%, an attempt might have been made to communicate a false sense of relief. The real picture, though, is very...
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