-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has started to fumble for explanations, with the original raison d'etre for the demonetisation drive coming under strain because of the high volume of cash deposits that have poured into bank accounts. Almost 80 per cent of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that were demonetised on November 9 has come straight back into the banking system, prompting the government to change the...
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Law to regulate working condition of domestic workers demanded
-PTI The platform has also drafted a model Domestic Workers Regulation of Work and Social Security Bill and discussion on it was held with various stakeholders. New Delhi: Civil society organisations and trade unions under the banner of National Platform for Domestic Workers today demanded a comprehensive legislation to regulate their working condition and provisions for social security benefits. The platform has also drafted a model Domestic Workers Regulation of Work and...
More »Bengal's potato growers hit by demonetisation -Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu With grocers and cold storage owners refusing to accept scrapped currency notes, farmers are struggling to get potato seeds while landless labourers are forced to forgo their food. Chitra Bag and her family of six are eating less these days. They make do with one meal instead of the usual three meals, despite a gruelling 8-10 hours of work daily as landless farm labourers. Even though vegetables, grown around their...
More »The widening class divide -Tanu Kulkarni
-The Hindu Children from the RTE quota are often left feeling small as equality seems to be lost in monetary disparity Thirty-two-year-old Uma Devi (name changed) is conspicuous in a crowd of parents who have come to pick their children up in swanky cars. She works as a Group D employee at a government hospital, but thanks to the 25 per cent reservation quota mandated by the Right to Education (RTE) Act,...
More »Industries opt for lock down, cut Work Hours to tide over slump caused by demonetisation -Aakash Ahuja
-The Times of India RUDRAPUR: Many of the over 700 factories in the industrial belt of Udham Singh Nagar have either slowed down production or opted for a short-term lock down due to problems in transport of goods and a dip in demand. Demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 has hit not just small industrial units but also giants like Parle and Britannia, many of which have...
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