-Article-14.com As the Supreme Court orders community kitchens for the poor and ration cards made usable anywhere in India by 31 July 2021, that still excludes more than 100 million without ration cards. As hunger rises, and nutrition schemes to women and children are disrupted, we explore what can be done. New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic shrank India’s economy by -7.3% in 2020-21, an estimated 66% of those interviewed in one survey...
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Organic production and consumption is on the rise in Rajasthan, finds CUTS International project report
-Press release by CUTS International dated 5th July, 2021 In a study done by CUTS International under its 4-years old project -- ProOrganic, almost 97.4 percent of consumers were found to be aware of the fact that chemical input-based food products are harmful for health compared to 86 percent of the same set of consumers way back in 2017. Similarly, the percentage of farmers doing organic farming has gone up to...
More »Women from low-income Indian households ate less amid COVID-19, shows survey
-BusinessToday.in The report showed that 41 per cent women as compared to 37 per cent men saw an increase in unpaid care work. Additionally, 27 per cent women said that they got less rest as compared to 18 per cent men That women were gravely affected in terms of job opportunities and pay cuts amid the COVID-19 pandemic have been reiterated several times by many studies. Now a study by consulting firm...
More »Trafficking survivors took more loans at higher rates, finds study -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu Second wave of COVID-19 forced vulnerable women to take high risk loans beyond their repaying capacity Kolkata: Months after she was rescued, 16-year-old Asma, a resident of Sunderbans in South 24 Parganas, took a loan of ₹20,000 from local moneylenders in May 2020 to rebuild her life. The first wave of COVID-19 had made it difficult to get any work. A year later, in May 2021, Ms. Asma, who was...
More »Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report
The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...
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