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Experts suggest ways in which jobs programmes can be tailored to provide gender-responsive employment in cities.

India has witnessed a drop in living standards across all income tiers, significantly denting its efforts to catch up to China.

Jul 29, 2021 MUMBAI/CHENNAI – It’s been over a month since his mother died, but Vishal Meghwal can still hear her struggling to breathe as he desperately messaged friends to lend him money for the drugs she needed. The coronavirus pandemic had already cost the 24-year-old his savings and his income from painting houses in Ajmer, a city of tombs and shrines in northwest India. Losing his mother was the biggest blow of all. “I have never been in a situation like this,” Meghwal said by phone from Ajmer. “I have loans to repay now. There is no work. And my mother is no longer b...

  >> Reuters  Published: 28 Jul 2021 10:13 AM BdST Updated: 28 Jul 2021 10:16 AM BdST Vishal Meghwal looks at a photograph of his mother who died of COVID-19 in May this year at his home in Ajmer, India. June 24, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Deepak Sharma It's been over a month since his mother died, but Vishal Meghwal can still hear her struggling to breathe as he desperately messaged friends to lend him money for the drugs she needed. "); } The coronavirus pandemic had already cost the 24-year-old his savings and his income from painting houses in Ajmer, a city of tombs and shrines...

Covid Impact Sees Even Middle Class Indians Queuing For Rations Covid Impact Sees Even Middle Class Indians Queuing For Rations The staple was among items the 35-year-old and her husband could no longer afford after they both first lost work when India's capital New Delhi went into lockdown in March last year. Updated: July 15, 2021 10:49 am IST Covid: Over 15 million Indians lost their jobs in May alone at the height of a devastating wave Chanchal Devi's three children haven't tasted milk for almost a year. The staple was among items the 35-year-old and her husband could no longer afford...