-Newsclick.in After facing severe setbacks due to demonetisation, hasty implementation of GST, and the ill-conceived COVID-19 lockdown, the MSMEs are gasping due to a steep rise in raw material prices. In a first, the entrepreneurs of the micro medium and small enterprises (MSME) went on a one-day strike across the country on MoNDAy. Affected severely by the policies of the Union government, the ill-planned lockdown in March 2020, and now by the...
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Centre's Opaque Auction Rules for Pulses Helped Millers Profit at Expense of Government -Shreegireesh Jalihal and Nitin Sethi
-TheWire.in The auctions let millers earn a bloated revenue of at least Rs 4,600 crore in four years from milling over 5.4 lakh tonnes of raw pulses, hammering government coffers and possibly the quality of daal, show documents. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government allowed millers to fatten themselves on tonnes of pulses meant for the poor by turning an auction procedure on its head. The Reporters’ Collective’s examination of auction archives shows...
More »The Farmers Have Won an Epic Battle, But the Real War Lies Ahead -Prem Shankar Jha
-TheWire.in In the face of a surplus of cereals and ever-dwindling prices as a consequence, farmers with small and medium sized land holdings have tried to shift to the cultivation of perishable fruits and vegetables. Their incomes, however, are still hamstrung by a lack of rural cold storage facilities in the country. The farmers of India have won an epic victory. For 15 months, they braved the biting cold, cruel heat, misrepresentation,...
More »With No Central Policy, Indian Domestic Workers Left at Mercy of Varied State Laws: Global Report -Soumashree Sarkar
-TheWire.in The report by the CHRI urges India to ratify the Domestic Workers Convention or 'C189' as a step towards streamlining national protections for an enormous sector that is largely left to fend for itself. New Delhi: While domestic workers across the world have suffered in the COVID-19 pandemic, the astounding lack of overarching legal or policy provisions in India to safeguard their wellbeing has meant a dire downward spiral for men...
More »Six Major Phases That Defined the Farmers’ Movement in India -Vivek Gupta
-TheWire.in From SAD breaking off its alliance with the BJP to the Republic Day violence, the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and the Singhu border killings, the movement successfully forced the Modi government to repeal the laws. Chandigarh: While there were several ups and downs during the year-long farmers’ protests, there were six major phases that defined the movement and kept it alive. In June 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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