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Digital-divide hampers Covid vaccinations in rural India

Digital-divide hampers Covid vaccinations in rural India ​ Wed, Jun 9 2021 19:42 IST | ​ 0 Views Digital-divide hampers Covid vaccinations in rural India. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, June 9: Rinku Das : , who lives with her family in a village in West Bengals Nadia district, has no idea when the Covid 19 vaccination drive will finally kick off in her village. She told India Narrative that none in her village has been vaccinated so far. We do know when the vaccination exercise will start though many people this time have been infected by Covid, Das said. Availability of vaccines, lack of awareness and limited digital access have made things difficult for policymakers to press the pedal on the vaccination drive in the villages.

Reserve Bank of India cuts growth estimate to 9 5%

Reserve Bank of India cuts growth estimate to 9.5% Top Searches Reserve Bank of India cuts growth estimate to 9.5% TNN / Jun 5, 2021, 06:36 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday left key policy rates unchanged but slashed its growth estimate for 2021-22 to 9.5% from a projection of 10.5%, citing the impact of the second wave of the pandemic. The central bank, however, raised the inflation estimate a tad higher to 5.1% due to gathering price pressures. RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said the second wave of Covid is associated with unexpectedly higher rates of morbidity and mortality relative to the first wave. The break out of mutant strains that render the coronavirus highly transmissible across both urban and rural areas has led to fresh restrictions on activity being imposed across a large swath of the country, he said.

India s already-stressed rural economy is getting battered by the second wave of Covid-19

India’s already-stressed rural economy is getting battered by the second wave of Covid-19 Economists point to signs of a growing crisis and call for urgent relief measures to ward off long-term damage. Ramesh Ram, 31, is listed as a textile industry staff worker in the administration’s database of migrant workers in southwest Bihar’s Kaimur district. But for the last three years, Ram has worked as a contract labourer among the tens of thousands employed at the Alang ship-breaking and recycling yard in Gujarat, making enough to get by. Today, Ram is back in his village, with no work, no capital to till his small parcel of land and living in penury with his family of six, which includes three young daughters aged six years, eight years and 10 years.

How Second Wave Is Decimating Rural Economy

How Second Wave Is Decimating Rural Economy
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