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Poverty and inequality

KEY TRENDS   • Oxfam India's 2023 India Supplement report on poverty and inequality in India reveals that the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. Following the pandemic in 2019, the bottom 50 per cent of the population have continued to see their wealth chipped away. By 2020, their income share was estimated to have fallen to only 13 per cent of the national income and have less than 3...

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With No Aadhaar Card, More Than 19 Lakh Students May Miss Mid-Day Meals In Maharashtra -Sarasvati NT

-Medianama.com Due to issues related to their Aadhaar data, 59 lakh school students in Maharashtra may lose out on availing mid-day meal services. 59 lakh school students in Maharashtra may lose out on availing services such as mid-day meals, and free uniforms and books due to issues related to their Aadhaar data, according to a report by the Hindustan Times. Of these, over 19 lakh students in the state do not have...

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New Labour Codes From July 1? Trade Unions Will Continue to Oppose Changes -Ronak Chhabra

-Newsclick.in Trade unions fear that the four Labour Codes will dilute workers’ rights, but union leaders also note that many deadlines for the implementation of the codes have been missed by the Centre in the past. New Delhi: India’s Central Trade Unions (CTUs) say they will continue opposing the codification of labour legislations, fearing it will dilute the “hard-won” rights of the workers, even as media reports speculate the implementation of the...

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BSP is on the verge of extinction in Uttar Pradesh -Amitabh Tiwari

-Moneycontrol.com The BSP has recorded a humiliating performance in UP once considered its bastion. Unless Mayawati initiates immediate reforms, the party will fade into oblivion  The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has received a drubbing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. It has recorded its worst performance since inception, largely due to a bipolar contest which saw its non-core as well as some core voters shift to the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the...

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Post-pandemic Exploitation of Food Delivery Workers, and the Legal Reforms Needed -Nilabhra Bhattacharya

-Newsclick.in Why are gig workers not recognised by three of the four recently passed labour codes? Shedding light on the problems that food delivery app workers have been facing in the post-pandemic period in India, NILABHRA BHATTACHARYA advocates for gig workers’ recognition under all the labour codes that were passed by the Parliament in 2019 and 2020 to provide them minimum labour protections and rights. RECENTLY, the food delivery apps Swiggy and Zomato...

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