Remote teaching and learning promoted by Edtech companies as an alternative to physical classrooms, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, may have a sizeable consumer base in our country. However, at the bottom of the pyramid, there are only a few takers of...
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Southern states had a higher proportion of indebted farm households in 2019, shows NSO survey
Published on : Sep 21, 2021
The Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India (NSS 77th Round), which was released recently, informs one about farm households' income in the crop year 2018-19 and indebtedness in 2019 (as on the date of survey), among other things. Prior to the recent report, Land and Livestock Holding Surveys (LHS) and Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households used to be...
+ Read MoreHurry! Applications for the 3rd round of NFI Fellowships for Independent Journalists reporting in Hindi language are now open till September 28th, 2021
Published on : Sep 9, 2021
India faced a second and worse wave of COVID-19 pandemic a few months back. The unemployment problem is looming large in the country. At this juncture, the country requires journalism to tell the stories of courage, of loss and grief and also of resilience, of...
+ Read MoreLatest available PLFS data sheds light on unpaid helpers in self-employment & underemployment among various types of workers
Published on : Sep 2, 2021
Generally, economists refer to indicators like Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) in order to assess the extent of joblessness and work related precarity at a particular period of time in a certain geographical area. However, there are...
+ Read MoreOfficial data corroborates deepening of livelihood crisis in urban areas during the 2020 nationwide lockdown
Published on : Aug 12, 2021
The recently released quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data broadly confirms the dip in employment and jobs during the countrywide lockdown period, followed by a certain degree of recovery in the post-lockdown months last year as have been indicated by various survey-based studies and...
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NREGA Sangharsh Morcha demands higher wages, more working days, employee insurance in letter to PM
-National Herald It has requested Union government to notify a wage rate of Rs...
Published on : Sep 23, 2021
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Delhi Master Plan 2041: How can planners create a worker-friendly city? -Malavika Narayan, Shalini Sinha & Avi Singh Majithia
-Scroll.in The economic vision laid out in the plan is divorced from the realities...
Published on : Sep 23, 2021
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Freedom House Report Criticises India for Internet Shutdowns, New IT Rules and More
-TheWire.in The 'Freedom of the Net', an annual report that analyses the state of...
Published on : Sep 23, 2021
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PM CARES "Not A Government Fund", Prime Minister's Office Tells High Court
-PTI/ NDTV.com An affidavit filed by an Under Secretary in the PMO who is...
Published on : Sep 23, 2021
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Accounting regulator raps ‘EY arm’s’ audit of IL&FS firm
-The Hindu 'Understatement of losses runs up to more than ₹2,000 crore’ The National Financial...
Published on : Sep 23, 2021
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A flawed calculation of inflation -Arun Kumar
-The Hindu The current official inflation rate does not correctly measure price rise Inflation for...
Published on : Sep 23, 2021
