-Outlook India Indian Economist Jean Drèze, in an interview with Outlook, says that because of the Coronavirus lockdown, there won’t be any employment under MNREGA now and Bihar will be the worst-hit. Belgian-born Indian economist, Jean Dreze, says that the central government needs to take immediate measures to address the situation that has emerged in the wake of mass exodus of migrant Workers due to the Coronavirus lockdown. In an interview with...

-Livemint.com * One fallout of the containment measures is that children have to do without the guaranteed school meal * Anganwadi Workers have been directed to anganwadi centres only to receive take-home ration NEW DELHI: Unaware of the covid-19 pandemic, four-year-old Jamuni, a malnourished girl in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, is worried that her primary school has been closed for the last 20 days. Her worry revolves around missing the mid-day meals...

-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...

-The New Indian Express Cotton farmers in Karaikal have requested the district administration to give them and farm Workers passes to carry out Work in the fields in order prevent the crops from pest attack. KARAIKAL (Puducherry): Cotton farmers in Karaikal have requested the district administration to give them and farm Workers passes to carry out Work in the fields in order prevent the crops from pest attack. Cotton cultivation is taken...

-Business Standard Most mandis are arranging for the safety of their Workers, including load-bearers. Arrivals and supplies are being regulated to maintain flow and avoid crowding Agricultural mandis in many parts of the country have started going operational a week after the nationwide lockdown was implemented, but the process is gradual and disruption persists in some centres. Most mandis are arranging for the safety of their Workers, including mathadis (Load-bearers). Arrivals and...