Protection for the vulnerable: Heat insurance offers climate change lifeline to poor workers
GLORIA DICKIE, SIMON JESSOP and SHIVAM PATEL, of Reuters, report on how the concept of “parametric” insurance is growing in places like India…
Poor workers trying to feed families jailed, abused in coronavirus lockdowns
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/New Delhi, India Thomson Reuters Foundation Poor workers have been arrested and beaten by police for trying to put food on the table during coronavirus lockdowns, prompting warnings on Tuesday of social upheaval if aid is not delivered. In Malaysia, two men who usually earn about 100 ringgit ($US23) a day fixing roofs […]
Coronavirus compensation promised to poor workers in India
Mumbai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation Millions of poor Indians may receive cash compensation for income lost to coronavirus, as officials in Uttar Pradesh state started counting the number of qualifying citizens on Wednesday. The 200 million-strong northern state – the most populous and one of the poorest in India – became the first to announce […]