-Down to Earth Any health shock causes entry into poverty for most of those who suffer from it We are living through a time of extreme adversity. The entire country is in lockdown in an attempt to survive the threat of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Economic activity is at a standstill. All plans and goals, whether related to sustainable development or otherwise, have gone for a toss. There is simply no chance...
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COVID-19: Kerala shows the way -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu Business Line Boasting a determined political leadership, Kerala has set a record of sorts in flattening the COVID-19 curve On January 18, KK Shailaja — “Shailaja Teacher”, as she is popularly known for her no-nonsense, science teacher demeanour — summoned a meeting of the Kerala health department, a ministry she had efficiently steered through unprecedented floods in 2018-19 and the outbreak of Nipah virus. There was no cause for alarm...
More »Lockdown relief reveals Purulia secret: PDS cards as loan collateral -Ravik Bhattacharya & Joyprakash Das
-The Indian Express Officials said 24 such families had approached them in Surjamata alone, a village of 150 families. Most people here work as daily wagers, owning no land and barely any possessions. Purulia (West Bengal): Bordering Jharkhand, the district of Purulia in West Bengal has zero cases of coronavirus. However, that is not the only COVID-19 story here. With the state government announcing free ration under PDS for six months to...
More »Across India, workers complain that employers used lockdown to defraud them of wages they are owed -Rajiv Khandelwal
-Scroll.in It is imperative that this money is reclaimed and not treated as an unavoidable collateral loss in the fight against COVID-19. On March 25, my colleagues and I at the Aajeevika Bureau, which tries to address the economic and socio-legal problems of migrant workers in Gujarat and Rajasthan, woke up to dozens of messages of utter distress, both on our personal phones and on our toll-free Labour Line. Among the people who...
More »A blueprint to revive the economy -P Chidambaram & Praveen Chakravarty
-The Hindu A carefully crafted economic proposal for consideration of the Indian government to help our fellow citizens “We have no food, no home, no income. My children are starving,” cried Prachi to a TV anchor on April 14. Prachi, a migrant worker from Bihar, is one of the roughly 400 million workers in India who are dependent on daily wages for their survival. She has lost her source of livelihood because...
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