-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...
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‘Scale of dePRIvation huge’: 96% stranded workers sans govt ration, says report -Amrita Dutta
-The Indian Express Coronavirus (COVID-19): The report released by a volunteer group has pointed to the scale of the hunger crisis and economic distress among migrant workers stranded in cities. WITH the nationwide lockdown extended till May 3, a report released by a volunteer group has pointed to the scale of the hunger crisis and economic distress among migrant workers stranded in cities. Since March 27, two days after PRIme Minister Narendra Modi...
More »Hell on the Yamuna as hundreds starved for days after Delhi shelters went up in flames -SuPRIya Sharma & Vijayta Lalwani
-Scroll.in Migrant workers allege the administration stopped serving them food after shelters were set ablaze on Saturday. The banks of the Yamuna in Delhi have swollen up with men who cannot go home. On Tuesday afternoon, some lay curled over nothing more than a gamcha or cloth towel. A few guarded their bags and belongings by using them as pillows. Others had nothing on them apart from their clothes. Hundreds of these daily-wage...
More »Are Distress Deaths Necessary Collateral Damage of Covid-19 Response? The Experience of First Three Weeks of the Lockdown in India -Vikas Rawal, Karthik A Manickem and Vivek Rawal
-Vikalp.ind.in India implemented a national lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown was announced suddenly, and without a PRIor warning to give time to people to prepare for it. The suddenness with which lockdowns were implemented does not seem to have been part of any plan but a reflection of the lack of planning. On March 16, the PRIme Minister asked people across the country to self-quarantine just...
More »Economic liberalisation and its faults -KM Gopakumar & Ranja Sengupta
-The Hindu The virus reveals how dependence on PRIvate sector-led economic growth has proved to be disastrous Dr. Manmohan Singh’s 1991-92 Budget speech marked the beginning of the end of the ‘Licence Raj’ in India. The Budget also announced the reduction of import duties and paved the way for foreign-manufactured goods to flow into India. Following this, most of the manufacturing sector was opened up to foreign direct investment. India’s industrial policy...
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