-NDTV.com The central government has been asked by the Supreme Court to allocate additional food grains to states. New Delhi: All states must implement "One Nation, One Ration" scheme for migrant Workers by July 31, the Supreme Court said today, underlining that the states must also "run community kitchens to feed the migrants till the end of the pandemic". For registration of the migrant Workers, the top court has told the central government...
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India’s nutrition crisis has widened during the pandemic – especially for women and children -Deepanshu Mohan, Vanshika Shah and Advaita Singh
-Scroll.in The focus is on providing food grains to the very poor as against supporting that with more funding for existing nutrition-focussed welfare programmes. Data collated from a recent paper -studying the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 by Jean Dreze and Anmol Somanchi reflect the grim condition of India’s looming malnutrition crisis. In a co-authored essay around April 2020, we had argued how the “hidden costs of this pandemic” (and the...
More »Occupational Safety of Sanitation Workers Is Not Just a Technical Problem -Kavita Wankhade
-TheWire.in Treating occupational safety for sanitation Workers as a technical issue about personal protective equipment is not enough to understand the various elements involved, from changing behaviour to the larger context of sanitation Workers’ lives. At 8 am every morning, Murali, a de-sludging operator bids his two children goodbye and leaves his house. He cleans his vehicle, removes and tucks his chappals in a corner of his truck, and begins his workday. As...
More »Status of Tribal Domestic Workers in Jharkhand -Sunita Kumari
-Economic and Political Weekly The status of the tribal domestic Workers in Jharkhand is explored. It is evident that large numbers of tribal women are engaged as domestic Workers inside and outside of the state, and the sector provides a large chunk of employment apart from the cultivation and agricultural sector. The data show differential engagement in the sector by age, urban–rural location, gender, and tribe. Please click here to access the...
More »Activists seek 50 more days of work under MGNREGA -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Over 2 lakh households have exhausted quota. More than 2 lakh rural households have already completed their guaranteed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme within the first three months of the financial year, according to the scheme’s database. This is higher than seen at the same time last year, indicating even higher demand for work than 2020-21’s unprecedented levels. Given the high...
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