-The Hindu Anti-trafficking policy exists in India, but where the system is found lacking is in the implementation of the laws July 30 is United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons. It is also a time to reflect on India’s human trafficking crisis. Between April 2020 and June 2021, an estimated 9,000 children have been rescued after being trafficked for labour, according to a child rights non-governmental organisation (NGO). In other...
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COVID-19: Child immunisation pushed back by years in India during 2020 -Banjot Kaur
-Down to Earth As many as 23 million children across the world did not get routine vaccines, according to WHO-Unicef analysis Several years of progress made in routine immunisation in India has been undone due to the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to an estimate released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef July 15, 2021, as many as 3,038,000 children in India did not receive the first dose of Diptheria-Tetanus-Pertusis...
More »India’s water is being exported as agri-exports; is there a solution -KAS Mani
-Down to Earth It is critical for us to adopt the circular water management model of treating and rejuvenating wastewater at source, along with efficient water management strategies to reduce water demand India’s agricultural exports registered a growth of 17.34 per cent, garnering $41.25 billion in foreign exchange for 2020-21 despite the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In rupee terms, this is equivalent to Rs 3.05 lakh crore. For a government faced...
More »‘One in three couldn’t afford food year-round in 2020’ -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Pandemic-induced poverty and rise in food prices keep healthy diet out of reach of three billion people Good food or just food? “Our choice is always the latter. We need to survive.” Sukru Ojha, the 56-year-old resident of Koraput, Odisha told Down To Earth in April in reply to a query on whether the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic-induced income loss impacted his food intake. Koraput is one of...
More »Jean Drèze, economist and honorary professor at the Delhi School of Economics, interviewed by Down to Earth
-Down to Earth The Government of India amended the payment procedure for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) some time ago. Due to this, MGNREGA workers in the states and Union territories faced a delay in their wage payment. This delay came at a time when the second wave of the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was wreaking havoc across the country. MGNREGA was started in 2006. Economist and honorary...
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