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Beyond the Pandemic: Taxing times ahead for NGOs
Malini Chakravarty
The covid-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdown have laid bare the fissures that ail the Indian society and economy. The heart-rending reports of the devastating impact of the lockdown on the...
Using DMFT Funds to restore the Health Facilities during the Covid Crisis
Shweta Tiwari
Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after its spread across 112 countries and regions of the world. Like many other places, India is also under lockdown since 23rd...
COVID-19: Can Reverse Migration Help Revive Rural Economy of Odisha?
Arabinda Acharya
Migration is a livelihood strategy adopted by millions of Indians. Much of this migration in India is happening either for work or employment or for small business, directed towards the urban areas....
Indian education can’t go online – only 8% of homes with young members have computer with net link
Protiva Kundu
As an immediate measure to stem the spread of Covid-19, most educational institutions have been shut since the end of March. It is still difficult to predict when schools, colleges and universities...
Addressing Inequality to Rejuvenate Cities Post-Pandemic
Drishti Rastogi
Coronavirus poses a challenge like none other in our highly globalized world, especially to urban spaces and its residents. Cities in the modern world have provided better air connectivity, clean and...
Impact of COVID - 19 in Rural Areas of Andhra Pradesh and Government’s Response
Sariyam Teja Krishna Chaithanya
COVID - 19, as we all know by now, is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered Corona Virus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December...
COVID-19: What fiscal steps are needed to ensure food security
Gurpreet Singh
The extension of the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), though necessary, will lead to a further suspension of work and no wages and means for families to...
COVID-19 Crisis Will Push Millions of Vulnerable Children Into Child Labour
Protiva Kundu
The differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society needs to be acknowledged. While some of us are practising social distancing and exploring work from home options aggressively in the hope...
Disaster Relief Funds to States for COVID-19 Is Welcome, But Centre Must Cushion Further
Nilachala Acharya
Faced with a global pandemic and a devastating lockdown on economic activity, both the Centre and India’s state governments have put in place measures to respond to people’s immediate...
Shadow Pandemic: Home Is Not A Safe Place for Everyone
Sakshi Rai
In what UN Women calls a shadow pandemic, violence perpetrated on women and girls has seen an alarming rise, as governments in more than 90 countries impose lockdowns to check the spread of...
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