A UN study said the pandemic may accelerate digitalisation and automation, which would not only aggravate income inequality but eliminate many existing jobs.
Covid-19 has exposed the vulnerability of people in countries like India, Nigeria and Indonesia among others, who have only recently been able to escape poverty.
The United Nations report estimated that around 42-66 million children could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the crisis due to coronavirus this year.
The act of feeding is a conscience cleaner, a hand wash that also kills hopes of the poor wanting anything more than food. These are old models of charity.
Experts say the one-time payment for poor patients of rare diseases is a u-turn from the govt’s earlier promise of continued aid irrespective of income.
At JNU conference, social scientists, economists, political commentators and activists speak on poverty, inequality, Indian agrarian distress & shape of economy.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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