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The latest jobs data released by the government showed a record high unemployment rate of 6.1% in 2017-18, but a rise in the share of workers with a regular job in urban areas. In this post, Mehta and Kumar argue that…
Radhika Pandey* One of the biggest challenges facing India, since even before the pandemic, is the state of unemployment in the country. While the unemployment rate in the country has been gradually increasing since 2017, it came to the attention…
Dr Gurinder Kaur* The data of the first round of National Family Health Survey-5, 2019-20 has recently been released by the Union Health Minister Harshvardhan. According to the released data, the rate of malnutrition in the country has increased as…
Dr Ian Prates* The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic is diverse and every nation is combating it in its own fashion. It is important to note that the policy measures implemented during the pandemic are strongly related to the state…
Francis Kuriakose* The Indian economy was in a state of deceleration well before Covid-19 made its impact in early 2020. This can be inferred from the declining trends of four important macroeconomic variables that indicate the health of the economy…
Dr Anita Mishra* and Ritika Gupta Experts believe that there will be a surge in cases of mental illness in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic due to lasting impact of physical distancing, quarantine and socio-economic factors. According to World…
Simi Mehta and Anshula Mehta “Gendered impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been poorly understood due to the absence of sex disaggregated data. Certainly this data is unavailable for virus’ vaccine as well. Many have termed this practice as “science…