Around 46 per cent of lower income group people have resorted to borrowing money to run their households. The economy is gradually opening up, but the picture still remains grim for the many unemployed people
In recent weeks, various state governments, including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, have either made amendments or proposed changes to existing labour laws.
Many trade unions have warned of agitation against such amendments in labour laws. RSS-affiliated BMS too had threatened BJP-ruled states like UP, Gujarat and MP who have courted controversy by diluting the labour laws of their states.
Banerjee said there will be no quick relief from COVID-19 in the near future and the key to revival of the state's economy lies in strengthening the infrastructure of rural Bengal.
Gandhi said there cannot be any compromise on the basic principles by allowing unsafe workplaces.
Raising concern over migrant workers setting off for their hometowns on foot, Raut said they were falling sick and some have also died.
In a bid to attract companies relocating from China, CM Rupani came up with plans of land pooling and also said that companies who are currently operating in other counties like US or China and would like to relocate, are welcome to shift to Gujarat.
Half of the top 30 H-1B employers use an outsourcing business model to provide staff for third-party clients, rather than employing H-1B workers directly to fill a special need at the company that applies for the visa, the report said.
Last week Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar held a meeting with trade union leaders but failed to convince them to call off the strike.
The CPI-M mouthpiece People’s Democracy, in an editorial, said the rally was also a “concrete manifestation of the worker-peasant alliance” that is beginning to take shape.
