-TheWire.in Both in urban and rural areas, there are many issues that will need to be addressed. The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that we are currently passing through will have a disastrous effect on the life of large numbers of people across the country. The situation is far more serious than what the government recognises or acknowledges. The major impact is going to be on the Poorer sections of society that...
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9.27 lakh ‘severely acute malnourished’ children identified until November 2020, says govt -Uzmi Athar
-ThePrint.in The Women and Child Development Ministry's response to an RTI query underscored concerns that Covid-19 could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the country's Poorest. New Delhi: More than 9.2 lakh children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’, with the most in Uttar Pradesh followed by Bihar, according to government data, underscoring concerns that the Covid pandemic could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the Poorest of the Poor. An...
More »Meet Aman Wadud, a human rights lawyer assisting people to fight citizenship battle in Assam -Mahibul Hoque
-TwoCircles.net While the Constitution of India ensures the fundamental rights and dignity of every individual, in Assam thousands of people are fighting the legal battle for citizenship. To fight these legal cases and to communicate the Constitutional rights, Guwahati based human rights lawyer Aman Wadud has been leading the initiative called Samvidhan Kendra or Constitution Centres in various parts of Assam. A TCN Ground Report features the lawyer and his work. GUWAHATI...
More »Centre stops Delhi govt’s doorstep delivery of ration scheme -Pankaj Jain
-IndiaToday.com The central government has stopped the Kejriwal-led Delhi government’s doorstep delivery of ration scheme. It was set to be launched in a couple of days. The central government has put a stop to the Delhi government’s ambitious doorstep delivery of ration scheme, the Delhi government said on Saturday. To address the issue, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a press conference at 11 am on Sunday. According to sources, the Delhi government’s...
More »The pandemic in data: Not only are India’s Poor eating less, they are eating less nutritious food -Shoaib Daniyal
-Scroll.in Indians need more relief measures during the second Covid-19 wave. Even before the pandemic hit, India was one of the world’s most malnourished countries. As could be expected for such a country with such Poor development indicators, Covid-19 hit India’s Poor hard. To compound the problem, the Indian government put in place what was the world’s harshest lockdown with little planning. A new paper by economists Jean Drèze and Anmol Somanchi has...
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