Slowdown

Hunger Grows as India’s Lockdown Kills Jobs

The lockdown has devastated livelihoods at unprecedented levels, causing widespread job losses and hunger. The measures so far will not solve the crisis. India should universalise the PDS, expand…
▶27-May-2020
Rahul Lahoti, Amit Basole, Rosa Abraham, Surbhi Kesar, Paaritosh Nath
Covid-19

Locking out the Working Poor

With more than three-quarters of India’s workforce either self-employed or in casual work, and earning low incomes, the lockdown was bound to devastate their livelihoods. Conditions were poor before…
▶16-Apr-2020
Ishan Anand, Anjana Thampi