ActionAid Association's (AAA) national level survey among people dependent on the informal economy during the third phase of the national lockdown towards the end of May 2020 (i.e. between May 14th and May 22nd, 2020) has documented the "nature and extent of the transitions in the lives and livelihoods of informal workers, including migrant workers, during the pandemic and provide[s] an insight into the precarity they experience and the coping...
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Online Janata Parliament to be held between 16th August and 21st August, 2020 by civil society organisations and peoples' movements
-Press release by Jan Sarokar (People's Agenda), dated 14th August, 2020 This is to invite you to participate in a Janta Parliament being organised by several civil society organisation networks and peoples’ movements from 16th August to 21st August from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. The inauguration will happen on 16th August at 11:00 am. Justice AP Shah, Syeda Hameed, Jignesh Mevani and Soni Sori will be speaking at the inauguration. The...
More »Where is the staff to serve in rural areas and implement schemes?
Huge sums of money are allocated for the rural and agrarian sectors by the Union Government in its annual budget every year, and rightly so. But in the absence of an adequate number of officials in rural areas, can the various schemes and programmes of the government be implemented properly? We will find the answer if we think about this issue deeply and the answer that would emerge should bother...
More »Over three-fourth of workers lost livelihoods since lockdown, finds a national survey of informal workers conducted by ActionAid India
-Press release by ActionAid India dated 13th August, 2020 Out of 11,537 respondents, over three-fourths reported that they had lost their livelihood since the imposition of the lockdown. Close to half of the respondents said that they had not received any income, and about 17 per cent had received only partial wages. ApproxIMAtely 53 per cent said that they had incurred additional debt during the lockdown. More than half of the...
More »Universal PDS is a better idea than One Nation One Ration Card to ensure food security, says Right to Food Campaign
-Press release by Right to Food Campaign, dated 11th August, 2020 Although One Nation One Ration Card has been projected as a solution to the food insecurity problems that mobile or floating populations face, there are some serious problems associated with the scheme, such as exclusion errors, etc. Instead of the ONOR scheme, the government should universalise the public distribution system (PDS) and open community kitchens in urban areas. Please click here...
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