Trinamul tears into Suvendu for misleading people
Mr Adhikari in his X handle wrote that permission had been given to set up houses for the affected people.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her support to World Day of Social Justice. This year the theme for World Day of Social Justice is — Workers on the Move: The Quest for Social Justice.
Banerjee took to Twitter saying, “Today is World Day of Social Justice. This year’s theme celebrates rights of migrant workers”
The Chief Minister said that the state government operates a scheme of for migrant workers, who have returned to state after unemployment due to demonetisation.
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Today is World Day of Social Justice. This year’s theme celebrates rights of migrant workers. #Bengal Govt runs a scheme of one-time grant of Rs 50,000 for migrant workers who returned to the state after loss of jobs due to #DeMonetisation. My best wishes to all
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) February 20, 2018
According to United Nations, social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. Social justice constitutes gender equality or the rights of indigenous peoples and migrants. Social justice is promoted to remove barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.
For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of our global mission to promote development and human dignity.
As per United Nations, most of the migration is linked directly or indirectly to the search for decent work opportunities. Even if employment is not the primary driver, it usually features in the migration process at some point.
There are an estimated 258 million international migrants. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that there are roughly 150 million migrant workers.
Among migrant workers, 56 per cent are men and 44 per cent are women.
Migrant workers account for 4.4 per cent of all workers and have higher labor force participation rates than non-migrants globally (73 per cent and 64 per cent respectively).
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