-Scroll.in Fiscally austere policies will only serve to further escalate the revenue shortfall and debt problems. Several economists and businessmen have expressed their disappointment with the contents of the financial package announced by the Government to face the unprecedented economic crisis brought about by the Covid-19-induced lockdown, the suddenness and severity of which had itself surprised many epidemiologists. The callousness toward the migrants and lack of immediate preparation to send them back –...

-Down to Earth Distress among marginal farmers and unavailability of food to migrant labourers has been largely ignored in Union Government’s economic stimulus   Agriculture and allied activities are considered ‘essential’ and officially face no restriction to harvest and supply to the market, even in the middle of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. But an agrarian crisis stemming from systemic failures needs to be considered for immediate policy response. The current distress...

-Livemint.com * SC issued notices to the Centre and state Governments of Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu * The case will be next heard on 17 June NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said covid-19 patients were treated “worse than animals" in Delhi, and sought response from the state Government in a suo-motu cognizance taken on various reports highlighting the ill-treatment of patients and manhandling of bodies of the deceased. The...

-The Indian Express Delhi coronavirus news update: All three municipal corporations in Delhi are ruled by the BJP, and have targeted the AAP-led Delhi Government on this issue in the past too. The three municipal corporations of Delhi said on Thursday that “there have been 2,098 funerals of Covid-19 positive patients” at the designated crematoriums and burial grounds under their jurisdiction so far. The last rites of an additional “over 200 suspected...

-Vikalp.ind.in After more than two months of lockdown, when the union and various state Governments have decided to initiate economic activities, albeit in a controlled manner, it is still not clear how well the health care system in India is prepared in dealing with the pandemic. A pandemic of this magnitude requires a robust health system with combined initiatives from the public and private sector involved in health care. However, rapid...