Here s What We Know About COVID s Impact on India s Workers â and What We Can Do About it
The pandemic disproportionately impacted women and young workers.
Labour22 hours ago
A school bus driver is struggling to make ends meet driving a tempo for hire, purchased with an informal loan; a five-star chef is volunteering for an NGO preparing cooked meals for distribution in the slums of Bangalore; and an MCA degree-holder is working as a door-to-door water purifier technician. These and many more such anecdotes give us a glimpse into the disruption that COVID-19 has caused in Indiaâs labour markets.
India economy: Seven years of Modi in seven chartsInternational 2021-06-23, by Editor Comments Off 0
His thumping mandate – in 2014 and again in 2019 – raised hopes of big bang reforms.
But his economic record, in the seven years he’s been prime minister, has proved lacklustre. And the pandemic battered what was an already under-par performance.
Here’s how Asia’s third-largest economy has fared under Mr Modi, in seven charts.
Mr Modi’s avowed GDP target – a $5 trillion (£3.6 trillion) economy by 2025, or roughly $3 trillion after adjusting for inflation – is a pipe dream now.
Independent pre-Covid estimates for 2025 had touched $2.6 trillion at best. The pandemic has shaved off another $200-300bn.
Ram Babu moved from his village to the Indian capital New Delhi in 1980, to clean cars. Soon, he learned to drive and got a job as a tour bus driver. Decades later, he set up his own company, Madhubani Tours and Travels.
Why Healthcare and Education in Rural Areas Should Be Prioritised Immediately
The state must allocate necessary funds in order to implement its most important commitments in all parts of the country.
Healthcare workers at the remote Pitha village in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 22, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Rights12 hours ago
This is the second in a three-part series on policy and development decisions that rural India needs in order to recover from the pandemic and its after-effects. Read part one here.
With the massive second pandemic wave it is clear that it is necessary for the government to focus on the enormous unprecedented unemployment that has been created in rural areas.