Sukhbir Badal sounds poll bugle with attack against Amarinder Singh s misrule ANI | Updated: Mar 14, 2021 23:39 IST
Jalalabad (Punjab) [India], March 14 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday formally blew the poll bugle with a blistering attack against Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for presiding over four years of brazen misrule .
Addressing a massive rally at the Anaj Mandi here, the SAD president also challenged the chief minister to tell one thing he had done for the people of the state in the last four years and said You will have to answer for your failings. People will not remain quiet any longer .
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1.7 lakh people lost jobs every hour last April: Report
While the wealth of nations top 100 billionaires increased by Rs 12.97 lakh crore since March 2020, about 1.7 lakh people lost their jobs every hour in April 2020 alone. Oxfam India s CEO Amitabh Behar says, To contextualise the inequity in what is the biggest economic crisis in the history of independent India, the wealth of the nation s top 100 billionaires went up by Rs 12,97,822 crores since March 2020, while in April alone over 170,000 people lost their jobs every hour. Just this increase in wealth could sustain the NREGA wages (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) for 10 years!
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India needs more ‘productive’ jobs and higher wages to address its demand problem
Radhicka KapoorJan 29, 2021, 13:13 IST
Job creation will not just help solve widening inequalities but also help the Indian economy address the problem of weak domestic demand.
A big part of this is in creating better paying employment for those at the bottom of the pyramid who are engaged in low paid informal work arrangements.
This can be done by boosting
MNREGA allocation, creating productive job opportunities in the manufacturing sector by leveraging the PLI scheme and providing support to micro and small enterprises.It is now abundantly clear that a disproportionate burden of the COVID-19 shock has been borne by those at the lower end of the income distribution. Especially for those engaged in informal work arrangements.