In a parallel relief measure, the government has allowed the sale of 5-kg FTL cylinders without requiring address proof. Beneficiaries can now obtain these cylinders from authorised distributors by presenting a valid identity card.
Three migrant labourers from West Bengal — two from Birbhum district and one from East Burdwan — have been detained in Gujarat on suspicion of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
CM Stalin stated that the rumours of 'attack' on migrant labourers started spreading a day after he spoke about the need for a united national-level alliance against the BJP
The labourers, including nine minors, were being taken to toil in brick kilns near Hyderabad city when the police intercepted the vehicle in which they boarded and rescued them from a labour trap.
The top court directed all state governments to implement the one nation one ration card scheme, which allows migrant workers to avail ration benefits from any part of the country,
Under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package, Government of India has decided that food grains will be provided free of cost at the rate of 5 Kg per month for two months
Reeling under the onslaught of corona and desperate to revive industrial growth, three state governments UP, Gujarat and MP have now introduced a slew of measures to reform their respective State labour markets
The driver of the bus, Rajeev, was later arrested by the police from Kotwali area of Muzzaffarnagar on Thursday.
Maharashtra is the worst hit state from Coronavirus pandemic with 22171 positive cases and 832 deaths so far.
'I request the government to constitute a multi-nodal agency under a senior Cabinet Minister to oversee relief and rescue of migrants,' said Ahmed Patel.
