: Covid-19: As farm work collapses in rural India, millions are desperate for government relief #IndiaNEWS Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the nation yet again at 10 am on Tuesday. With

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Covid-19: As farm work collapses in rural India, millions are desperate for government relief #IndiaNEWS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the nation yet again at 10 am on Tuesday. With the number of coronavirus infected cases crossing 10,000 in India, there is an expectation that the nationwide lockdown, which was set to end on Tuesday, will be extended. In fact, even before Modi’s speech, at least seven states have extended the restrictions till April 30. Those watching Modi’s address keenly would be agricultural labourers, whose livelihood has been devastated over the last three weeks. Scroll.in spoke to farmers and farm workers across several states who said work has come to a standstill on the fields. While the government had announced an economic package in March, the relief has focused on the landed farmers. For the landless labourers, there has been no income over the last three weeks, forcing many to adopt drastic measures like reducing their food intake to cope up with the income loss.“According to the Socio-Economic and Caste Census of 2011, 51% of India’s rural population is landless,� said Rajendran Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University. “So imagine the impact of the lockdown on them.� Labourers hitIn the Vattakudi village in Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu, 65-year-old N Subramaniam has not had any work for at least...Read more

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