Speakers at a webinar have stressed the need for introducing specific schemes under social protection programmes for the new poor who emerged amid the Covid-19 pandemic. They have also emphasized the importance of preparing a complete database for social safety net programmes and paying adequate policy attention to the informal economic activities. The speakers laid stress while speaking at a policy webinar titled ‘Covid Impact and Social Protection Challenges: Urban and the New Poor’ organised by Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) on Thursday evening.
Speakers at a webinar have stressed the need for introducing specific schemes under social protection programmes for the new poor who emerged amid the Covid-19 pandemic. They have also emphasized the importance of preparing a complete database for social safety net programmes and paying adequate policy attention to the informal economic activities. The speakers laid stress while speaking at a policy webinar titled ‘Covid Impact and Social Protection Challenges: Urban and the New Poor’ organised by Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) on Thursday evening.