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Citizens' Rights and Duties
Covid-19: Managing the disaster in rural India
Posted on 17 May, 2020 09:45 PMWith an attempt to contain the spread of deadly Covid-19, Indian government had announced a complete nation-wide lockdown from March 25 onwards. For the first time, the provisions of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005, were invoked since the law came into being after the 2004 tsunami.
![Drought in Marathwada (Image: Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-drought_condition_of_marathwada.jpg?itok=qc12-9Vn)
Ensuring food security in times of Covid-19
Posted on 15 May, 2020 02:37 PMThe study, ‘Covid-19 induced lockdown - How is hinterland coping’, based on a large survey undertaken by a consortium of civil society organisations undertook a rapid assessment of the impact of series of lockdowns on rural poor households.
![The prolonged lockdown has increased the dependence of farmers on food supply through the public distribution system as well as the need to grow a good crop in kharif season. (Image: UNESCO)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/indian-farmer-sifting-grain-wb.jpg?itok=l7uLzsK4)
Building resilience of communities during and beyond Covid-19
Posted on 14 May, 2020 01:12 PMCovid-19 pandemic has unleashed multiple challenges in different geographies, especially for the vulnerable groups living in areas that already have existing issues of water and food security.
![People were following social distancing in villages while collecting water (Image: INREM)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jhabua_awareness_2.jpg?itok=Rrimc4HB)
Need to build inclusive cities in the post-pandemic world
Posted on 12 May, 2020 08:36 PMWhen migrants headed home after Covid-19 lockdown 1.0, Sarojini was suddenly caught off-guard. She decided against moving, after an initial urge to leave for her village in Samastipur, Bihar. Her two sons stay with her at Delhi, doing daily wage labour work, while she works as a domestic help.
![Migrants on their way home during the countrywide lockdown (Image: Stranded Workers Action Network)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/swan-report-image.jpg?itok=5YRoOVvk)
Coping with Covid-19: Options before small and marginal farmers of rainfed regions
Posted on 09 May, 2020 03:11 PMThe global crisis due to Covid-19 has hit India after coursing through western Europe. India’s response to curtail the spread of the disease was quite decisive.
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Community economies - Reconstructing rural economy with ecological sustainability and ethics of equity
Posted on 08 May, 2020 05:59 PMThe exodus of migrant workers from urban areas back to their villages in the wake of country wide lockdown has brought rural poverty into sharp focus. Reconstruction of rural economy therefore needs policy and planning attention.
![Johads in Nanduwali nadi region (Image: Farhad Contractor, IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/johad.jpg?itok=t8zOK_e4)
Village institutions take a lead in Covid-19 response
Posted on 07 May, 2020 09:23 PMCovid-19 will have major implications in rural areas where the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), a non-profit organisation has been working towards conservation of natural resources through collective action of local communities. Experience indicates that the complete lockdown to contain the spread of the disease has resulted in loss of rural incomes.
![In the light of disrupted food supply systems, especially for fresh produce, the village institution arranged for harvesting and sale of produce. (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/veg_2.jpeg?itok=Pilj4v2r)
Transforming lives in the Covid-19 context: MGNREGS and its potential
Posted on 05 May, 2020 04:11 PMAs India continues to unravel the actual scale of economic impacts in a world infested by the dangerous Covid-19 virus, lingering images of daily wage labourers and migrant workers attempting a near impossible walk home have been etched in public consciousness.
![Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage. Gopalpura, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nrega1.jpg?itok=yPxf2BMp)
Self sufficiency in the times of Covid-19
Posted on 02 May, 2020 11:26 AMReshamben, Manguben and Naseemben, strong women leaders of Vanita Shakti Mahila Sangathan and Ekta Mahila Sangathan, have always argued that government ration shops under the public distribution system should purchase all essential foodgrains from the local area, to the extent possible.
![A ‘people to people’ social solidarity enterprise in the times of Covid-19 (Image: Utthan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman_farmer_photo.jpg?itok=Yaxe7Psv)
Covid-19: The road back home
Posted on 29 Apr, 2020 09:30 AMRaj Kumar, 32, a daily wager employed at a factory in Delhi had barely a thousand rupees in his wallet when he readied to rush back to his village in Halia block of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. On a normal April afternoon, he took the highway that leads to his district hearing about the 21-day lockdown.
![Millions of migrants rushed to return to their villages amid the lockdown (Image: Pixabay/balouriarajesh. Pixabay licence)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pixabay.jpg?itok=F5LlUCi6)