Migrant workers sit at a bus terminal as they wait to catch state provided transportation to their home villages, in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Friday, May 29, 2020. Migrant�workers, who form part of India's vast informal sector, were the worst hit by the shutdown. Millions of them lost jobs and incomes, and they continue to return to villages from cities across India. Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Why Bihar and UP could struggle to scale up MGNREGS work

3 min read . 06:25 AM ISTArjun Srinivas, howindialives.com

As migrant workers return home, the rural jobs scheme is key—but the two states that will matter the most have a poor record in implementing it

An Indian Air Force helicopter showers flower petals on the staff of INS Asvini hospital in Mumbai (AP)

When will Indian states face a health worker crunch?

3 min read . 02 Jun 2020Sneha Alexander, Tanay Sukumar

Maharashtra recently sought doctors from Kerala. Some other hotspot states in the covid-19 battle could also be in dire need of doctors and nurses soon.

A still from Veere Di Wedding—a 2018 Bollywood film that touches upon the anxieties of a 21st century marriage.

Are India's youth giving up on marriage?

4 min read . 01 Jun 2020Surbhi Bhatia, Sriharsha Devulapalli

A fourth of millennials do not wish to marry and a fifth do not want children, data from the latest round of YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey shows

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal during a discussion with Dean and HoDs of Dibrugarh University in a meeting at the conference room of DC office, in Dibrugarh on Saturday. (ANI Photo)

Coronavirus cases surging in Assam and Bihar

3 min read . 29 May 2020Pooja Dantewadia, Sriharsha Devulapalli

India’s biggest cities continue to be the biggest hotspots but Lucknow, Kanpur, and Bengaluru have relatively fewer cases compared to other populous cities

Prayagraj: Migrants wait to board buses to reach their native places after arriving via special train, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Prayagraj, Tuesday, May 26, 2020. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Why India’s ‘migrants’ walked back home

4 min read . 28 May 2020Rukmini S

More than a story of the Great Indian Dream, the story of short-term migrants is one of desperation. Without the social capital of well-established long-term migrants, they found it hard to stay put in India's big cities

Unsurprisingly, all four indicators of the producer economy are now in the red (PTI)

Lockdown drives India’s economy into deep coma

3 min read . 27 May 2020Nikita Kwatra

Fourteen of the sixteen indicators tracked by the Mint Macro Tracker were in the red as of April, signalling a deep economic plunge

Post-millennials (or adults belonging to Gen Z) are most likely to value money over anything else as they step into entry-level jobs

High-earning millennials expect greatest rise in incomes

3 min read . 26 May 2020Surbhi Bhatia, Sriharsha Devulapalli

Millennials prefer a balance between good pay and overall stability in their jobs, fresh data from the YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey shows

School administrations promptly sent messages about the postponement to the parents of children. (AP )

Lockdown has put 321 mln Indian children away from school, widened learning gaps

4 min read . 25 May 2020Tanay Sukumar

With schools shut for months, global lockdowns could set millions of children further back in their learning. Countries such as India are among the worst hit

Mumbai: A healthcare worker collects swab sample of a Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar resident for COVID- 19 test, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, at Dharavi slum area in Mumbai, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. (PTI)

Mumbai’s count crosses 25,000, Ahmedabad has nearly 9,500 cases

4 min read . 22 May 2020Sriharsha Devulapalli, Pooja Dantewadia

Globally, the number of coronavirus cases is now over 5.1 million, with India having one of the fastest growth rates among worst-hit countries

Only a small pool of MSMEs will effectively be eligible for this working-capital facility: those that have existing loans. (Indranil Bhoumik/Mint)

The delivery challenge in the government’s MSME package

3 min read . 20 May 2020howindialives.com

The centerpiece of the government’s revival plan for MSMEs is a ₹3,00,000 crore lending facility. And it has three big delivery challenges

Stranded migrant workers arrive to board buses before taking a special train to their destination during extended lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus, in Bangalore, India (AP)

India crosses 100,000 mark - 67% cases reported in May alone

3 min read . 19 May 2020Sriharsha Devulapalli, Pooja Dantewadia

Madhya Pradesh became the sixth state with 5,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, while Delhi had the worst spike in deaths over the past week

A man checks his mobile phone as he sits on a cement block tied to concertina wire laid across a road in front of pharmacy shops during an extended lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Srinagar, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (REUTERS)

Mobility lower in richer, high-burden states, Google data shows

3 min read . 18 May 2020Tanay Sukumar,Sneha Alexander

Google’s mobility reports indicate that states that were hit worst by the coronavirus had lesser public movement than the others

Mumbai: Migrants arrive at Bandra Terminus to board a special train to Jaunpur(UP) arranged by Maharashtra government, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Mumbai, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. (PTI)

Mint Covid Tracker: India 12th nation to surpass China's corona count

3 min read . 16 May 2020Pooja Dantewadia, Sriharsha Devulapalli

Just five districts - three of them in Maharashtra - have reported nearly 57% of all new cases in the last two days

Doctors speak with a girl during a free medical camp in Dharavi during lockdown to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Mumbai (Photo: AP)

Central parts of most Indian cities vulnerable to contagion

2 min read . 18 May 2020Sriharsha Devulapalli

Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai have the highest shares of population living in high-risk wards according to an analysis of satellite data

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy chairs a cabinet meeting at the state secretariat to review the COVID-19 situation in the state, in Chennai (ANI Photo)

Tamil Nadu sees revival in corona spread, Gujarat curve begins to bend

3 min read . 15 May 2020Pooja Dantewadia, Sriharsha Devulapalli

India’s total coronavirus cases have inched close to China’s reported count but some badly-hit states may be close to bending their curves

FILE PHOTO: A Google search page is seen through a magnifying glass in this photo illustration taken in Berlin (REUTERS)

How covid-19 has changed what we search online

2 min read . 14 May 2020Surbhi Bhatia, Pooja Dantewadia

Searches for covid-19 symptoms, vaccine, protection methods and medical treatment terms have surged as people query Google over pandemic related fears

File Photo: Deserted view of a coach o Delhi Metro (ANI Photo)

Even without public transport, cities can reopen to a fair degree

3 min read . 13 May 2020Arjun Srinivas

Public transport will be missed, but its absence doesn’t mean a standstill. More people travel on their own than in public transport, and a fair share of them do short distances.

FILE PHOTO: A sign pasted on a security barricade is seen after the India Gate war memorial was closed for visitors amid measures for coronavirus prevention in New Delhi (REUTERS)

Is India’s sovereign ratings downgrade risk higher than peers?

4 min read . 12 May 2020Nikita Kwatra, Pramit Bhattacharya

India has been far more stingy than most emerging market peers in its economic response to the covid-19 crisis, and that may harm rather than help its sovereign ratings

Mumbai: Health workers wearing protective suits screen the residents of Koliwada during a house-to-house health survey, after detection of COVID-19 positive cases, during the nationwide lockdown, at Dharavi in Mumbai, Friday, May 8, 2020. (PTI)

Fresh infections, deaths rising faster in India than most countries

3 min read . 09 May 2020Sriharsha Devulapalli, Pooja Dantewadia

Across states, the case fatality rates are lowest in Tamil Nadu (0.7%), Odisha (0.7%), and Kerala (0.8%)

At first glance, the testing numbers suggest that India is not testing enough

Everything you wanted to know about India's test numbers, in five charts

4 min read . 10 May 2020Sneha Alexander, Sriharsha Devulapalli

Countries with relatively high testing rates had to impose fewer lockdown restrictions, and have been able to open up more quickly than India

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