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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For Small Farmers, is Crop Cultivation Slowly Mattering Less and Less? -Seema Bathla and Siraj Hussain
-TheWire.in Latest survey data confirms the increasing importance of livestock activities, which should come...
Published on : Sep 27, 2021
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17.1 mn workers of unorganised sector register on e-Shram portal: Labour Min
-PTI/ Business Standard As of September 25, the statement said, as many as 1,71,59,743...
Published on : Sep 26, 2021
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SKM-called Bharat Bandh today to mark one year of 3 farm laws
-Hindustan Times In the states ruled by the BJP, elaborate security arrangements have been...
Published on : Sep 26, 2021
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Conduct study on success of children from Naxal-hit areas: Odisha CM to Centre
-The New Indian Express Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik said that from 70 per cent...
Published on : Sep 26, 2021
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Hemant Soren meets Amit Shah seeking caste census
-The Hindu Absence of data has created difficulties in providing special facilities to BCs,...
Published on : Sep 26, 2021
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No resistance or debate on laws that want accused to prove innocence, not the state the guilt -Aakar Patel
-National Herald Gujarat Police failed to prove that a man served beef to his...
Published on : Sep 26, 2021
