Indian cities have shown resilience in overcoming challenges. Yet, resilience has not always resulted in improving urban governance and improving lives of urban poor.
Mahesh Jena, a 20-year-old worker in Sangli, Maharashtra, chose a perilous journey home over uncertainty & confusion that's gripped the migrant community.
The process will involve registration, skill-mapping and screening in the states where workers are located, before they are transported to work sites in buses.
This month, the Arvind Kejriwal govt announced several mobile apps & a scheme to help migrants and poor. But these relief measures have very little resonance on the ground.
In episode 446 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the suggestions of Raghuram Rajan, Abhijit Banerjee and Amartya Sen on optimal use of existing stock of food.
Hundreds of homeless people moved to Yamuna Pushta in Delhi after a shelter home burnt down. But their living conditions were barely survivable for days.
Was the gathering of migrant workers at Bandra railway station the result of a masjid, a conspiracy or is the clue in absent luggage? Indian TV picked all.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
You are a biased reporter. Instead of investigating root cause of the problem you only believe in highlighting some odd cases white washing all the efforts of local administration for last 30 days where they have provided free of cost food items to all needy people. Instead to supporting and becoming an active enablers you only become a negative catalyst in the process. Shame on you.
Feeding poor, out of work Indians cannot be left to Sikh gurudwaras or Shri Rishad Premji. The scale of the requirement goes beyond philanthropy. The government, after paying for the medical response, has to fund this sacred duty and obligation.
You are a biased reporter. Instead of investigating root cause of the problem you only believe in highlighting some odd cases white washing all the efforts of local administration for last 30 days where they have provided free of cost food items to all needy people. Instead to supporting and becoming an active enablers you only become a negative catalyst in the process. Shame on you.
Feeding poor, out of work Indians cannot be left to Sikh gurudwaras or Shri Rishad Premji. The scale of the requirement goes beyond philanthropy. The government, after paying for the medical response, has to fund this sacred duty and obligation.