-TheWire.in The dire situation induced by the nationwide lockdown is now threatening to undo the last few decades of Work in poverty alleviation. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus and the subsequent nationwide lockdown measures have accelerated simmering rural-agricultural distress. Migrant Workers who have recently returned to their native villages are but another critical dimension of the deteriorating situation. The dire circumstances are now threatening to undo the last few decades of Work...
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Supreme Court orders Centre and States to immediately provide transport, food and shelter free of cost to stranded migrant Workers -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Court takes suo motu cognisance of migrant Workers issue, sees inadequacies and lapses in dealing with the crisis. A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on may 26 said there have been “inadequacies and certain lapses” on the part of the Central and State governments in dealing with the migrant Workers crisis during the lockdown. The court ordered the Centre and the States to immediately provide transport, food and shelter free...
More »67 per cent of 92 farmer-producer organisations' business hit due to COVID-19 lockdown: Survey
-PTI/ The New Indian Express About 49 per cent of the FPOs surveyed reported a shortage of finance, 11 out of 18 FPOs dealing in vegetable produce reported losses with a reduction of 35 per cent of sales. NEW DELHI: The nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown has impacted business operations of 67 per cent of the 92 farmer-producer organisations (FPOs) spread across 48 districts of the country, according to a survey. An FPO, formed by...
More »Diluting Laws Will Mean More Casual Labour – and That's Not a Good Thing -Anjana Thampi and Ishan Anand
-TheWire.in No job contract means lower pay and longer hours. In a desperate bid to encourage investment, several states have made sweeping changes to labour laws over the past month. A number of states have extended the maximum daily Work hours from nine to 12, removed the requirement to pay minimum wages, diluted safety norms, restricted the rights of Workers to unionise and made it easy for employers to fire Workers. While netas...
More »One in every four in rural India unemployed, urban joblessness at 1-month low -Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com * Rural unemployment rate has been growing for the last couple of weeks despite rural economy opening up gradually * Economists believe despite the opening up of the economy, it will take time for unemployment situation to come back to the pre-covid time NEW DELHI: India’s rural unemployment rate climbed to 25.09% in the week ended 24 May from 22.79% in the previous week, while urban unemployment rate declined by over four...
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