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Six ways India could rev up its Covid-hit economy

Six ways India could rev up its Covid-hit economy
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COVID crisis: What is holding back easing of norms stifling high-impact NGOs?

COVID crisis: What is holding back easing of norms stifling high-impact NGOs? E Kumar Sharma © Provided by The Financial Express India witnessing rising caseload of Covid-19 cases daily. (PTI Image) The big news from India has been the rising viral caseload staying sticky now worryingly at around 4 lakh new cases a day but running parallel now are also reports on the global outpouring of aid, supplies of medicines and equipment-apparently around 40 countries have already reached out to India. Images of C-17 Globemaster carrying aid and precious supplies have travelled faster on cyberspace and are beginning to crowd the social media. But while India has made a policy shift of sorts in accepting foreign aid, what is baffling some social impact experts is what is still holding back easing of norms for well established non governmental organisations (NGOs) that are keen to step up and bridge the gaps in India s fight against covid-19.

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Covid-19: As second wave hits rural India, NGOs must be supported and valued

Representational image. | Xavier Galiana / AFP Even as tragedies stemming from the current wave of Covid-19 pandemic unfold in Indian cities, less visible ones have started emerging in the villages. Rural India is no longer just a receptor for returning migrants in the current wave, it is already a site where resources and coping mechanisms have been stretched. Accounts coming in from the field point to the times of distress that will quickly turn into a catastrophe of unimaginable scale, if not addressed immediately. An unfolding crisis Unlike the previous exodus, returning migrants are now more likely to be not only carrying the disease with them but also a very different attitude towards it. They are returning after months with limited or no income and diminished nutrition. Having gone back to cities only recently, they are also returning with far fewer economic resources.

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