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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

Prioritizing Migrant Workers’ Health, Safety & Welfare

S Irudaya Rajan, Nelgyn Tennyson The Indian government imposed a nationwide 21-day lockdown on March 23, 2020, As a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic. The nationwide lockdown continued until May 3, after which it was extended with conditional relaxations…

Recognizing the Migrant

Strengthening the Draft National Policy on Migrant Workers Priya Deshingkar The Niti Aayog’s draft Migrant Labour Policy is a clear statement of intent to better recognize migrants’ contribution to the economy and support them in their endeavor. It puts forward…

Resources to Tap Into for a Spending Push in 2021

Arun Kumar The year 2021 has been widely projected to be much better than 2020 with the start of vaccination and the expected reduction of coronavirus cases and deaths. Economies were expected to recover faster from the abyss into which…

Bold Vaccination Policy Needed

T K Arun The government has announced some changes to its vaccine policy, allowing more companies to produce more COVID vaccines, developed locally or abroad, and allowing them to sell half their output at a price that is higher than…

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