-Livemint.com * Increased government spending on the rural jobs programme has also aided returnee migrants * The urban job loss rate fell nearly 2 percentage points to 11.19% in the week ended 21 June over the previous week The timely arrival of the monsoon has given a much-needed boost to rural employment, absorbing thousands of migrant workers who have returned to their rural homes in seasonal farm jobs. The rural unemployment rate continued to...
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The tale of two economies: What changed in 30 years -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com World Bank data shows that India’s per capita income, as of 2019, is about a fifth of China’s. What changed in the last three decades? Mint explores Until 1990, India’s per capita income was higher than that of China. However, data from the World Bank shows that India’s per capita income, as of 2019, is about a fifth of China’s. What changed in the last three decades? Mint explores. What was China’s...
More »Centre for Equity Studies report reveals ‘major caste biases in supporting migrant workers’ during COVID-19 lockdown
-TwoCircles.net Centre for Equity Studies has released a report on the migrant crisis documenting how India’s most vulnerable class has suffered due to the unplanned national lockdown by the Central government for COVID-19. The report titled ‘Labouring Lives: Hunger, Precarity and Despair amid Lockdown’ addressed vital questions of how the country’s labouring class – stranded and jobless – coped with the lockdown living away from their homes. The research has been conducted...
More »Why Cash Transfers Cannot Replace Structural Reforms In Agriculture -Padmini Ramesh
-IndiaSpend.com New Delhi: With the launch of the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana (RGKNY) on May 21, 2020, Chhattisgarh became the sixth Indian state in two years to initiate a direct cash transfer scheme for farmers. The scheme aims to supplement the income of the state’s 1.9 million farmers by Rs 10,000-Rs 13,000 per acre of land owned. Cash transfers for COVID-19 relief and stimulus are also gaining salience, with the Centre...
More »All you want to know about coal mine auctions -Satya Sontanam
-The Hindu Business Line Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi threw open the auction of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining. The decision, which was part of the announcements made by the Centre under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, was already proposed in January through the Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. What is it? These auctions invite participants to mine coal blocks by bids on the percentage value of coal sold that they will...
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