The weather-related struggles faced by informal workers of India are intimately linked to the debt crisis that has long been brewing in the countryside.
Area under coverage for pulses is higher at 6.54 lakh hectares so far from 6.30 lakh hectares in the same period last year, the ministry said in a statement. Shri Anna-cum-Coarse Cereals acreage stood higher at 18.95 lakh hectares so far as against 13.38 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year.
India is facing an employment crisis marked by underemployment, informal jobs and declining employment elasticity, writes Anthony P D’Costa (University of Alabama).