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MP: Behind the ASHA Workers' Fight for Regular Salaries and Recognition as Permanent Workers
31 Jul 2021
ASHA workers have been struggling for recognition as permanent workers, a regular salary and social security for years Despite having worked for eight to twelve hours a day during the COVID-19…
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With Job and Wage Loss Workers in MP in Severe Distress Due to Pandemic
26 Jul 2021
The incessant struggles being waged by workers, particularly health workers, establish that the workers’ population in MP has been hit hard by the pandemic and its after-effects, but the government…
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COVID-19 Worsened Already Precarious Condition of MFP Collectors in MP
06 Jul 2021
Earnings from collection and sale of Minor Forest Produce, which constitute an important part of annual earnings for the indigenous population and forest dwellers in Madhya Pradesh, suffered badly…
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Amid Raging Second Wave of Covid-19, Govt Cut Down Expenditure in April 2021
20 Jun 2021
Despite record tax collections and a country reeling under Covid-19, the government spent even lesser than it did in the same month last year.
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Government Must Spend More to Help People in This Hour of Crisis
17 Jun 2021
As India has been facing a demand crunch since before the pandemic, prominent economists and the left movement have been relentlessly asking the government to pump up spending to stimulate demand.
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G7 Corporate Tax Deal – Setting the Bar Too Low?
11 Jun 2021
A recent report by
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Listed Companies See 3rd Quarter of Exponential Profits, But Overall Economic Recovery Still a Distant Dream
05 Jun 2021
The net profits of listed companies have increased by 212.4% in the March 2021 quarter compared to March 2020. But it does not mean we are seeing ‘green shoots of recovery’!
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COVID-19: Report Reveals Severity of Food Crisis Faced by India's Poor in 2020
02 Jun 2021
Report by prominent economist Jean Dreze and Anmol Somanchi highlights the severe economic distress and food crisis suffered by a vast majority of Indian poor following the 2020 lockdown. It demands…
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Monopoly Rights on COVID-19 Vaccines Create Nine New Billionaires
25 May 2021
Intellectual monopoly on COVID-19 vaccines has made billionaires out of CEOs and investors of vaccine companies – Moderna, BioNTech and CanSino Biologics – even as low-income countries have received…
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COVID-19: Local Reports Reveal Massive Under-counting of Deaths in North India
20 May 2021
India’s COVID-19 disaster continues to unfold, spreading rapidly in its hinterlands.