Ritika Gupta

Support mechanism needed to halt mass reverse migration

Reverse migration amidst the second wave of COVID-19

Posted on 24 May, 2021 08:50 PM

Migrant workers had been assured multiple times that an economic lockdown will not be imposed and yet by mid-April reverse migration was in full swing.

Stranded migrant workers during lockdown because of COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi (Image: Sumita Roy Dutta, Wikimedia Commons)

Rural realities amid second COVID surge

Practitioner's experiences in tackling the second wave in Indian villages

Posted on 17 May, 2021 10:44 PM

The second wave of COVID-19 has now spread to the rural pockets of the country at a much faster rate than it did during the first wave of the outbreak.

There is a need to strengthen the capacities of ASHA workers, and other healthcare and grassroots workers. (Image: DMD, Government of Bihar)

Climate-induced migration surges in the Indian sub-continent

Extreme weather events induced by climate change can trigger displacements

Posted on 15 Apr, 2021 02:11 PM

Climate change-related stressors that disrupt people’s lives to a large e

The monsoon rains flooded the plots of land beside the Yamuna river in Delhi, displacing families from their vegetable patches. (Image: Michael Foley; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Budget 2021: Environmental conservation or business as usual

The budget has given environmental conservation issues a slip, say experts

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 13 Feb, 2021 08:46 AM

This year’s budget was tabled when the country was grappling with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 induced crisis. The government was expected to provide an effective response to the pandemic-induced recession.

There is a need to estimate the ecological footprint of all activities. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Budget 2021: Will agriculture sector get a boost?

Solutions are needed that will increase productivity while maintaining sustainability

Posted on 28 Jan, 2021 10:15 AM

The agriculture sector is confronted with high price volatility, low returns, low productivity and weather risks.

The government could consider a shift from the price support system to an income support system. PM-KISAN is a step in that direction, but the assistance under that is lacking. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Budget 2021: Cash transfer and urban employment guarantee can help blunt the economic blow

Expand Rs 500 per month cash transfer to poor non-farmer and urban households: Prof Santosh Mehrotra

Arjun Kumar

Posted on 26 Jan, 2021 11:03 AM

To revive India’s growth story and to cash in on our rapidly closing demographic dividend window, Prof Santosh Mehrotra, a human development economist suggests four essential proposals that must be included in the Budget 2021. This includes an increased expenditure in infrastructure, health sector and an urban employment guarantee programme.

There should be an increased expenditure in infrastructure to create jobs in the construction sector. (Image: PxHere)

Governance lessons that could keep us prepared for pandemics

Leo Saldanha of Environment Support Group speaks on rethinking aspects of our governance system in post-pandemic times.

Simi Mehta

Posted on 30 Sep, 2020 05:09 PM

Unabashed assaults by human beings on the natural ecological system have caused the coronavirus to spread in the first place.

Decentralised governance systems that allow to adapt and learn are best placed to deal with disasters (Image: Kantsmith, Pixabay)

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