The recently passed ordinances create rules for farmers to engage with businesses. But small farmers may not benefit As part of the stimulus package announced under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan towards the recovery of the Indian economy, the Centre...
The Indian government in June this year announced a series of stimulus packages under ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ (movement to build self-reliant India) to revive the economy, which has been badly affected by the global recession and worsened by the...
Given it will be implemented in just 116 districts of six states, it is discriminatory in the sense that it leaves out states like Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. The Covid-19 lockdown left 45-60 million migrant labourers in the lurch...
Source: Assam Tribune, 06 July 2020
The steps preferred by the government will face implementation challenges and do not address adequately the woes of migrant workers in a short- and longer-term perspective The lockdown, imposed to control the outbreak of Covid-19, has impacted the lives...