Commenting on the recently released fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data for 17 states and five Union Territories (UTs) in an article published in The Indian Express (dated 6th January, 2021), Arvind Subramanian and his co-authors have stated that India has made...
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Climate change needs to be addressed or else be ready to pay the price
Published on : Jan 15, 2021
A recent report by Christian Aid -- an international NGO based out of London -- says that the world was not just hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it actually faced massive loss of lives and livelihoods owing to the intensification of the ongoing climate crisis. Climate-related disasters varied from fires in Australia and the United States, floods in China, India and Japan to storms in Europe and the...
+ Read MoreThe country should worry about further deepening of economic inequality in the post-COVID period
Published on : Dec 19, 2020
The World Economic Outlook – a bi-annual publication of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- released in October 2020 has anticipated that the economic progress made by the countries since the 1990s to reduce poverty would be turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. On...
+ Read MoreStudy points towards hunger and destitution amidst hope for a V-shaped economic recovery
Published on : Dec 9, 2020
Preliminary findings of a survey among 3,994 respondents from 11 states reveal that most vulnerable households and communities, such as SCs, STs, OBCs, PVTGs, slum dwellers, daily wage labourers, farmers, single women headed households, etc. continue to witness depressed incomes during September-October in comparison to...
+ Read MoreHurry! Applications for the 1st round of NFI Fellowships for Independent Journalists are now open till December 15th, 2020
Published on : Nov 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have multiple impacts on our lives. Existing challenges have been exacerbated and new ones have emerged. Across the country, individuals, communities, businesses and governments are responding differently. Covid has claimed many casualties. Good reportage need not be one of them. The...
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The Earth And Her Daughters -Preetha Nair
-OutlookIndia.com Missing in common images of the 'kisan', not counted by economists, not found...
Published on : Feb 1, 2021
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Revise the text of the Budget speech -Jayati Ghosh
-The Hindu The Finance Minister must move to an expansionary fiscal stance that prioritises...
Published on : Jan 28, 2021
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One out of five in informal sector are out of work post lockdown -Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com More than two-thirds (69%) of those employed in February had lost work during...
Published on : Jan 27, 2021
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We’re not all in the same boat -Amitabh Behar
-The Hindu Fighting inequality must be at the heart of our economic rescue and...
Published on : Jan 27, 2021
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Why the Dangs has not been able to implement FRA properly -Kankana Trivedi
-Down to Earth The ‘real owner’ of forest land is still the forest department....
Published on : Jan 27, 2021
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BoB chief warns of rising stress in retail and small businesses -Shayan Ghosh
-Livemint.com Public sector lender Bank of Baroda (BoB) on Wednesday warned of rising stress...
Published on : Jan 27, 2021
