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• Sonia Gandhi reconstitutes Parliamentary groups, retains control over the Party | P S Jayaramu

  23 July 2021, by P S Jayaramu

  (20th July, 2021)
  With the objective of ensuring that the Congress Party plays an active role in the Parliament during the monsoon session and later, a series of moves have been initiated by the interim President of the Party Sonia Gandhi. To realise her objective and to neuralise the G-23 who had publicly criticised the functioning of the Party in the last one year, Mrs. Gandhi has announced certain changes in the working of the Party in the two Houses of the Parliament. She has ended the (…)

• Addressing the Nutrition Crisis in India in the time of Covid 19 Pandemic | Chathukulam & Joseph

  23 July 2021, by Jos Chathukulam, Manasi Joseph

  by Jos Chathukulam and Manasi Joseph *
  Abstract
  This article briefly examines the status of nutrition in India before the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic and after the outbreak. It also suggests how Mahatma Gandhi’s simple and local diet along with self -sufficiency could have helped India in addressing the malnutrition crisis India have been suffering for decades.
  Nutrition Status in Pre Covid India
  India has been grappling with all forms of malnutrition for decades. The latest (…)

• Vulnerabilities and Insecurities of Fisheries Workers in times of Pandemic and Natural Disasters | Sarkar & Sekar

  23 July 2021

  by Kingshuk Sarkar & Helen R. Sekar*
  Fishery workers constitute a very significant segment of the workforce in India. Natural calamities and pandemic induced lockdown dealt a severe blow to already precarious livelihood of fishery workers. Existing labour laws do not apply to fishery workers. This Article focuses on the difficulties faced by fishery workers because of natural calamities and COVID pandemic. It also highlights lack of legal protection for fishery workers.
  Introduction (…)

• Economic Crisis and MGNREGS | Singh & Dhaka

  23 July 2021

  by Ranbir Singh and Rajvir Dhaka*
  The two ways of Corona that have adversely affected all the sectors of Indian economy in 2020 and 2021 culminated in large scale unemployment in almost all the states of the Indian Union in general and in the relatively backward states of U.P., Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in particular. The flagship rural development programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), that has been launched by Manmohan Singh led UPA (I) (…)

• Towards Creating A Parallel Pandemic Due To Mis-Management of Wastes In Patna | Raj & Raj

  23 July 2021

  by Papia Raj and Aditya Raj* Waste management has been a chronic problem, especially in Patna, which was called “garbage city” of India by the High Court of Judicature at Patna in 2010. The situation has not improved much since then. Due to rapid unplanned urbanization and uncontrolled in-migration from different parts of Bihar, Patna has a very large population density. Due to lack of required behavioral practice by its populace, the city generates huge amount of wastes. Our research (…)

• Centenary of Foundation of Communist Party of China | Anil Rajimwale

  23 July 2021, by Anil Rajimwale

  The completion of hundred years of CPC (Communist Party of China) is a historic event, both in its positivity and negativity. Officially, its centenary was completed on July 1, though the foundation congress was held in third week of July.
  It has been a fascinating journey for the party as well as for Chinese revolution, full of extraordinary events, successes and tragedies. Second in importance only to Russian revolution, Chinese revolution has left a lasting imprint on Asia and world. (…)

• Chinese Communism: A Left Critique | Shubham Sharma

  23 July 2021

  by Shubham Sharma*
  History
  As a young Marxist dreaming about the triumph of labour over capital, it was a moment of near absolute nausea to stand witness to the uncritical applause received by the Communist Party of China (CPC) on its birth centenary. I was wondering whether those overjoyed reds were also secretly weeping on the recent weight loss of Kim Jong-un! Although birthdays are not the best of times for critical evaluation, but if it is the birthday of a communist party, matters (…)

• The reality of China’s fertility decline | Zhao & Zhang

  23 July 2021

  by Zhongwei Zhao and Guangyu Zhang *
  8 July 2021
  The relaxation of China’s one-child policy in 2013, and its termination in 2015, generated only a moderate and temporary fertility increase. China’s total fertility rate in 2020. Because of this change, China’s annual population growth rate dropped to a new low of less than 0.3 per cent in 2020.
  A newborn baby is seen being cared for in the ward of the hospital neonatal care center, 25 April 2021 (Photo by Sheldon Cooper / SOPA (…)

• Population Control: Will Coercive Measures Work? | Ram Puniyani

  23 July 2021

  by Ram Puniyani
  On the back of population control policy adopted by Assam, where those having more than two children will be barred from contesting local elections and will not considered for promotions in Government service, now UP is coming up with the similar bill, the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021. The claim is that this will control and stabilize the population of the state.
  Both these states are aiming at coercive measures, carrot on one (…)

• Remembering Parbati Giri: Role in India’s Freedom Struggle | Roul & Raul

  23 July 2021

  by Kamalakanta Roul and Bimal Kumar Raul*
  Introduction: India’s Freedom Struggle Empowered the Women
  The contribution of women to India’s freedom struggle occupies a prominent space in the history and politics. Responding to the clarion call of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian women massively came forward and led the struggle from the front even when male freedom fighters were in prison. In the same process, “Mahatma Gandhi consciously feminised India’s freedom struggle to win against the brute (…)