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Schemes for Indian labour class must go beyond freebies, statistical reach

Scope and scale of existing labour schemes are still limited in penetrating intersectional layers of society

The Hindu · May 3, 2022

Covid-19 relief: How India doesn’t count the poor as workers

On March 29, four days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that all establishments and public transport would be shut down to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Rashmi Ahirwar and her husband, Rakesh, picked up their bags and left. They planned to walk 570 km to their village in Tikamgarh,…

Newslaundry · Apr 23, 2020