-ThePrint.in On 19 June, Silchar town — the district headquarters of Cachar district — was inundated as water from the Barak river entered the town. Guwahati: Police in Assam have ruled out a communal angle in the Barak embankment breach, which led to floods in the Cachar district, and urged people and the media to refrain from spreading rumours. “There is no communal angle in this event. My appeal to various social media...
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UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
-Press release by FAO dated 6 July 2022 The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards in efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition Rome/New York: The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a United...
More »Over 95 per cent of unskilled workers ‘underpaid’ in Delhi -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph The survey questioned 1,076 respondents including domestic, construction and industrial workers and security guards about their wages, work conditions and social security Over 95 per cent of unskilled workers in Delhi are denied the minimum wage notified by the state government, a survey released on Monday by a civil society organisation has found. The survey, “Accessing minimum wages: Evidence from Delhi”, conducted by the Working People’s Coalition (WPC), found that about...
More »The selfishness and graft of the rich drive inequality -Aashi Gupta, Vani S Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha
-The Hindu The central argument of Almåsa et al., that this is seen in countries with weak institutions, is corroborated in India G.K. Chesterton, the writer, asserted in The Flying Inn (1914): “The rich are the scum of the earth in every country”. Perhaps not all but many. Our contention is that their selfishness, criminality and corruption aggravate inequality. Much experimental Evidence corroborates this hypothesis. Some insights A particularly compelling case for ‘Selfish Rich Inequality’...
More »Farm ponds as an agent of rural transformation -S Adikesavan
-The Hindu Business Line A bank-supported NGO initiative has transformed agriculture in the Hubli-Dharwad area Can a small investment of, say, ₹97,000, for digging farm ponds make for increase in farm incomes and improvement in farmers’ livelihoods? Can such farm ponds lead to an increase in cropping intensity and higher productivity? Can these minor investments then be replicated across the country as only 50 per cent of India’s net sown area of...
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