South Asia Citizens Web

Eight reports from diverse sources on the COVID19 lockdown impact on labour, the issues of joblessness, social distress and exodus that it triggered.

. . . almost universal, actions by all employers around the country reveal the precarious, informal, insecure and vulnerable nature of employment for millions of these workers. In a vast majority of cases, there is no formal contract; even when it exists, it is with some labour contractor or service provider (like housekeeping & security services).

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The state of limbo created by the pandemic has given the President invaluable time and space to build his own support base. The parliament is in abeyance. The cabinet exists only in a caretaker capacity. Even the prime minister is a caretaker prime minister. In this grey landscape, the President remains the sole figure of certainty. . . . Unsurprisingly, the military seems to be the mainstay of the power base the President is building for himself.

Watch writer, and activist Arundhati Roy on the Covid19 pandemic the inhumanity of the lockdowns, We cannot return to) this horrifying injustice we call business as usual.