-IndiaSpend.com Chandigarh: With thousands of migrants who had left Uttarakhand for greener pastures returning amid the lockdown, the state government is trying to convince them to stay on and rebuild their lives there, offering interest-free loans, subsidies and free electricity to set up eco-tourism and micro-enterprises. The state government has also added an additional budget for employment-generating schemes such as the Veer Chandra Garhwali Yojana, which offers micro credit aimed to...

-The Telegraph The Green Revolution revisited The Covid-19 crisis poses many challenges for India. One front that is almost taken for granted. Today, when the world faces the threat of a virus, India as of late April 2020 could declare a food grain reserve of 73.8 million tonnes. Anyone with doubts about gains should take a look at sub-Saharan Africa, many of whose nations are still reliant on food aid from the...

-The Indian Express Last week, a number of state governments made key changes in the application of labour laws. What are the labour laws in the country, and how can such changes impact FIRms, their workers, and the economy? As the economy struggles with the lockdown and thousands of FIRms and workers stare at an uncertain future, some state governments last week decided to make significant changes in the application of labour...

-The Indian Express Never before, since the outbreak began in the FIRst week of March, has there been three straight days of decline in daily numbers. But there is little in it beyond this statistical coincidence, which was partly made possible by the decision of the Delhi government to reschedule its COVID bulletins and report only half-days figures on Saturday. For the third straight day on Saturday, the number of new cases...

-SANDRP.in The hilly state of Uttarakhand has been witnessing severe weather conditions for most of April and FIRst week of May 2020. The repeated incidents of rainfall, snowfall, and hailstorm have hit the mountain farmers hard. Snow, rain, hailstorm destroys cash and food crops On April 14, 2020 the Yamuna and Ganga valley faced severe hailstorm affecting horticulture produce of apple, apricot, peach, plum, pear and vegetable crops including tomato, potato, peas and...