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  Covid-19 Pandemic and Internal Migration in India List of Contents Introduction The amount of Internal Migrants in India Causes of Internal Migration in India Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on internal migration Impact of the pandemic on internal migrants Impact of the pandemic induced reverse migration on economy Suggestions for improving the conditions of internal migrants Conclusion Introduction As per the 2011 census, there are  450   million  (38% of the population) internal migrants in India. The World Bank report titled  ‘ Migration and Development Brief ’  mentions that nearly  40 million internal migrants  are affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Further, the Internal migrants in India faced various challenges in their migrated state, migration path and home state. The Covid-19 second wave is presently forcing states to implement lockdown. This once again highlighted the challenges faced by internal migrants in India. The amount of Internal ...

  National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-20 Key findings: As per the phase-I of the survey, several states across the country have reversed course and recorded worsening levels of child malnutrition despite dramatic improvements in sanitation and better access to fuel and drinking water  It marks a shift since the last NFHS in 2015-16. The NFHS 2019-20 data of first phase pertains to 17 states  including Maharashtra, Bihar, and West Bengal and five Union Territories (including J&K)  The survey captures the state of health in these states before the Covid pandemic Phase 2 of the survey , which will cover other states such as Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh, was delayed due to the pandemic and its results are expected to be made available in May 2021. Meagre improvements:  The new survey shows that several states have either witnessed meagre improvements or sustained reversals on child (under 5 years of age) malnutrition parameters such as c hild s...

    Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India In 2020, the NITI Aayog signed a Letter of Agreement with the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada to develop a working paper on a Vision for Public Health Surveillance in India by 2035 NITI Aayog released a white paper: Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India with the vision: To make India’s public health surveillance system more responsive  and  predictive  to enhance preparedness for action at all levels. Citizen-friendly public health surveillance  systems will ensure individual privacy and confidentiality, enabled with a client feedback mechanism. Improved data-sharing mechanism  between Centre and states for better disease detection, prevention, and control. India aims to  provide regional and global leadership in managing events that constitute a public health emergency  of international concern. What is a white paper report? A white paper is an in-depth report or guide ...

  Prime minister employment generation programme (PMEGP) About the scheme: It is a  central sector credit linked subsidy scheme  being implemented by the Ministry of MSME since 2008-09. It  assists first generation entrepreneurs for setting up micro enterprises  across the country. The entire process of application and fund flow right from receipt of application to sanction and release of loan by banks to the applicants has been made online through only  one Government portal run by Khadi and Village Industries Commission.  The whole process is  totally free of cost. No private agency, middlemen or franchise is engaged or authorized for promoting and sanctioning PMEGP projects or providing any financial assistance under PMEGP scheme

Need for Education Reforms in India The Macaulayan habits die hard – the clichés will be overworked  and the stereotypes  reinforced ad nauseam - the reformist fervour of the recent academic and pedagogical discourse has to calm down on the backburner, the cold feet are here to develop and stay- the school examination and admission season has set in. Following an eventful year of public debate on our education system in general and school examination paradigm in particular, these months are poised to have an air of banality, the moments of insipid reality check when the procedural demands of the entrenched system will take precedence over the substantive vision of reforms. It is in this context that the terms of discourse, and the resultant debate, on the education system need to be recast, preventing it from degenerating into a diatribe between ivory tower mandarins and ardent reformists. The reconfiguring of the public discourse on the education system has ...