The current coverage of social protection programmes in India is a cause of worry with the changing nature of jobs and migration where more than 90% of the entire workforce is engaged in informal economy, and 85% of the non-agricultural workforce being informal.
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Violence against women is rampant in India, hinders educational attainment and earnings potential, and has significant economic and social costs. COVID-19 has exposed the fault lines of gender equality, with increases in the incidence of domestic violence during lockdown.
While social protection programmes in India have helped reduce poverty significantly, they are not without their problems. COVID-19 reversed the gains and has plunged millions into further poverty, disrupting the informal economy, and hitting migrant labourers the hardest. Schemes like MGNREGA are being sought out by the government and desperate citizens to tackle unemployment.
Hamari Paathshala 