-TheWire.in Before it is eradicated, the novel coronavirus can be tamed, but this will require the rapid implementation of an action PLAn that is humane, rational – and unafraid of the fiscal beancounters. It’s too late. The COVID-19 horse has bolted and closing the barn doors now will not bring it back. Despite Narendra Modi’s all-India lockdown, the number of people testing positive for the virus has risen sharply during the past...
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Farmers likely to be able sell produce at farmgate
-The Hindu Business Line Farmers may soon be able to sell their harvested produce at farmgate, with the government adding new features on the electronic National Agriculture Market (eNAM) that bypasses the need for taking the produce to wholesale mandis. Agriculture Ministry on Thursday updated eNAM PLAtform by adding two new software modules that would recognise trade from recognised warehouses using electronic negotiable warehouse receipts (eNWRs) and allow farmer producer organisations to...
More »Over 1.4 Lakh Labourers Toil in Maharashtra Sugar Mills Without Safety Measures -Varsha Torgalkar
-Newsclick.in As harvest is on, labourers want to return to their villages since they are scared of being exposed to COVID-19 as mill owners have not provided them any facility, like water, food, shelter or sanitisers. Pune: Sanjay Aladar, 37, who is currently harvesting sugarcane at Palus village in Maharashtra, stays at the farm and shares a common toilet and washroom with other labourers. Scared of transmission of COVID-19 that is spreading...
More »Rs. 50 lakh meant for PPE redirected to PM-CARES fund, allege AIIMS resident doctors
-The Hindu Association also says accommodation was not being arranged for doctors The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Resident Doctors’ Association has alleged that the administration and CSR section has redirected the 50 lakh from Bharat Dynamics to the PM-CARES fund rather than meeting the original purpose of buying personal protection equipment. AIIMS has denied this stating that funds were not received in the first PLAce. AIIMS RDA also said that...
More »Noida’s migrant worker exodus is more about their notions of ‘home’ than coronavirus: Study -Nilotpal Kumar and Ritanjan Das
-ThePrint.in Our research in Noida for the past two years shows many poor migrant workers do not think of city of work as their home. They are treated as outsiders and live in cramped spaces. Thousands of migrant workers began walking home from Delhi and adjoining areas of the NCR within just a few days of the 21-day coronavirus lockdown, alarming the central and state governments. They ignored calls to stay put...
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