Coronavirus: India to Cap Stimulus Package at $60 Billion to Protect Credit Rating
Government is keen to restrict spending on corona relief to placate international capital.
Implement MGNREGA to Deal with Unemployment Crisis, Eminent Citizens Urge Rural Development Ministry
Eminent citizens write to the Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj demanding widespread upscaling of MGNREGA to deal with the economic crisis resulting from the countrywide lockdown.
Finance versus the People in the Era of the Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has brought to the fore the fundamental contradiction underlying contemporary globalisation, namely, the contradiction between the interests of finance and those of the people.
Why India Should Introduce a Covid Wealth Tax on the Ultra Rich
A tax rate of 4% on the nation’s 953 richest families would give the government the equivalent of 1% of India’s GDP to spend – larger than its present package.
What the World Can Learn from Kerala About How to Fight Covid-19
The inside story of how one Indian state is flattening the curve through epic levels of contact tracing and social assistance.
Coronavirus Lockdown: As Hunger Grows, the Fear of Starvation Is Real
Over 100 million people face food insecurity if the PDS is not universalised.
Coronavirus Lockdown: The Seven and a Half Things that Modi Said and Did Not Say
On April 14, PM Modi announced that the lockdown was being extended till April 14. In his 25-minute speech, he did not talk about several things that urgently needed to be addressed by the Modi government and the urban elite.
Why India’s Founders Championed a State-Dominated Healthcare System
Kiran Kumbhar In 1943, after decades of criticism from Indian intellectuals and leaders, colonial British officials decided to finally embrace the question of the health of around 300 million native Indians. A committee was formed to undertake a grand survey and suggest recommendations. This committee became known after its chairman as the Joseph Bhore Committee….
As the Pandemic Accelerates, How Equipped Is India’s Healthcare System?
Soumitra Ghosh As per recent data, India now has 1,117 active COVID-19 cases and 32 deaths due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Quite alarmingly, the known respiratory disease COVID-19 cases have increased exponentially in the last couple of weeks. Even in a mild scenario with an attack rate of 5-10% and a…
How Some States are Looking After Their People Better in These Crisis Times
1. Kerala Govt Running 65% of Shelter Camps for Migrants After Lockdown: Centre to SC Courtesy: The Wire Staff The Centre has told the Supreme Court that out of the 6.3 lakh migrant workers being sheltered in government run-camps, around half – 47% – are housed in Kerala. The southern state is also running 65%…