-The Pioneer It was because of organised testing that Kerala, a State with one of the best healthcare Infrastructure, could effectively treat the patients infected with Coronavirus In Kerala, god’s own lush green country, it is as real as it can be. Some students belonging to this State, studying in Hyderabad, were stranded at the Karnataka-Kerala border last week. They wanted to come back to their State but were stuck and in...
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India’s shift to insurance-led private healthcare weakens its ability to combat COVID-19: Experts -Tushar Dhara
-CaravanMagazine.in At 5 pm on 29 March the union health ministry’s website said that India had 869 positive COVID-19 cases, spread over 26 states and union territories. Seven days earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced his main attempt to halt the spread of the pandemic: an unanticipated 21-day nationwide lockdown. Amid rising concerns of shortage of essential equipment and services in public hospitals for front-line staff dealing with the epidemic,...
More »FM’s announcement of Rs 1.7 lakh crore in the wake of COVID-19, is less than half of the Rs. 3.75 lakh crores required to fulfill the minimal “emergency measures”, convey concerned citizens & grassroots activists
-Press releases by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 26th March, 2020 Civil society activists and concerned citizens have responded to the emergency measures that were announced by the Finance Minister on 26th March, 2020 for the poor, the vulnerable and the migrant & informal workers. An open letter by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha -- an umbrella organisation of CSOs and social activists working for the unorganised sector and MGNREGA workers -- has been issued...
More »Civil society group asks for social safety measures for migrant and informal workers from Jharkhand against the backdrop of coronavirus lockdown
-Press release by Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha dated by 25th March, 2020 Jharkhand, like most of India, has woken up late to the COVID-19 pandemic and is yet to provide adequate social security to the people. Although no COVID-19 case has been officially reported in Jharkhand so far, this may be a myth since the state has only one testing centre where only a few dozen samples have been tested, according to...
More »NBFC association seeks three-month moratorium on EMI payments
-The Financial Express NBFCs are at the forefront of financing many of the affected sectors, notably small road transport operators, taxi aggregators, Infrastructure contractors, MSMEs, traders etc. After banks wrote to the regulator asking for moratorium on corporate repayments, their non-banking counterparts have sought a three-month moratorium on equated monthly instalment (EMI) payments by their customers as much of the country goes into lockdown mode. Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) are also asking...
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