-Livemint.com * The report, published by US-based CDDEP, said community transmission of the pandemic had started in India in March * The fact remains that India has done better than most countries in containing the spread of the pandemic Johns Hopkins University has said it did not authorize the use of its logo on a report titled ‘Covid19 for India Updates’. The report’s 33-page summary, dated 24 March, gained wide publicity in India...
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Shift to upscaling food rationing now -Madhura Swaminathan
-The Hindu Expanded rations will not only bring relief in this pandemic but also help sustain a nourished and healthy population Two days ago, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a ₹1.7-lakh crore package of social security measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the period of the 21-day lockdown. In respect of food security, the package falls far short of what is needed. I argue that we need to immediately...
More »‘Better to die with families’ — no food or money, Delhi migrants prefer the long walk home -Samyak pandey
-ThePrint.in The govt’s announcement of relief measures for 3 months triggered fear among migrant workers that the lockdown may get extended. This led to more rounds of migration. New Delhi: Scores of migrant workers continued to leave Delhi-NCR Friday, the third day of the nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week. Most of the daily wagers, who left Delhi-NCR Friday, were the ones who stayed back in the hope...
More »What we should do about COVID-19 -P Sainath
-RuralIndiaOnline.org The government’s ‘package’ responding to the crisis is a blend of callousness and cluelessness With his first speech on the coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got us to scare evil spirits away by having people bang the hell out of their pots and pans. With his second, he scared the hell out of all of us. With not a word on how the public, particularly the poor, are to access food and other...
More »Food and agriculture during a pandemic: Managing the consequences -Sudha Narayanan
-IdeasforIndia.in In this post, Sudha Narayanan provides a sense of current bottlenecks in the supply chains of food and agricultural produce, and makes recommendations for government action to get these back on track quickly. A critical fallout of the lockdown following the novel coronavirus pandemic has been a combination of confusion, uncertainty, and anxiety for farmers and consumers alike as to what lies in store in the coming weeks. There are reports from...
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