-Scroll.in The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns disrupted the education of millions of students in India. When schools reopened, many never went back. At 10 am on a Tuesday in November, a group of children aged around 7 walked slowly towards their school in Mudnal Dhodu Thaanda, a Banjara community settlement in North Karnataka’s Yadgir district. The children were dressed in their school uniform: light blue shirts and dark blue skirts and pants....
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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 »Beyond India @75: Growth, Inclusion and Sustainability -S Mahendra Dev
-Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai There have been many successes and failures in economic and social development of India in the last 75 years. The recent covid-19 pandemic had also an adverse impact on growth, employment, health and education etc. In this paper, issues and policies are discussed beyond India@75 for achieving growth, inclusion and development. As India is integrated with the world, global issues are also important for...
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-National Herald The Prime Minister lamented his failure to persuade a ‘section of the farmers’ that the three farm laws were good for them. But how did he seek to persuade the farmers? What the media can never openly admit is that the largest peaceful democratic protest the world has seen in years – certainly the greatest organised at the height of the pandemic – has won a mighty victory. A victory that...
More »Tomato Is The New Petrol: Rates Top ₹ 100/Kg In Andhra Pradesh, Chennai -Anindita Sanyal
-NDTV.com In Andhra Pradesh -- the largest producer of tomatoes in the country -- the vegetable is selling at ₹ 100 a kg. In Chennai, tomatoes are burning a hole in customers' pocket, costing upwards of ₹ 140 a kilo. New Delhi: The price of tomatoes -- sold every winter around ₹ 20 a kilo -- has SPIRaled following rain and floods in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In...
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