Tag: Migrant workers
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Migrant Workers Yet To Get Out of The COVID Blues
Without safeguaring the interest of the migrant workers, it will be a futile excercise to think of any step to uplift any economic sector. A recent study has some stratling revelations.
January 8, 2023 -
Centre releases Rs 11,092 cr for migrant workers during first COVID lockdown: MHA
After an exodus of migrant workers at certain places in India due to the COVID-19 associated first lockdown, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in coordination with respective states have set up around 41,000 relief camps and shelters across the country where more than 14 lakh people were sheltered.
April 27, 2022 -
NHRC seeks fresh probe report on Odisha migrant workers’ death
The workers from Rayagada and Gajapati districts allegedly died of electrocution on 30 July while working in a prawn hatchery in Repalle Mandal of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
April 7, 2022 -
Centre holds meet with states on impact of surge in Covid cases on migrant workers; no exodus yet
Twenty-one Monitoring Centres have been activated across the country by the Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central).
January 13, 2022 -
Delhi Cabinet decides to provide free ration to migrant workers and others
As per the eligibility prescribed under the NFS Act 2013, 5 kg of food grains was given free of cost to the needy people, including migrant workers, unorganized workers, construction workers, domestic helpers who do not have ration cards. Under this scheme, four kg of wheat and one kg of rice are included per person per month.
October 6, 2021 -
SC to Centre, states: Benefits must reach migrant workers, expedite their registration
The top court also queried, why there is no national data on workers of unorganised sector? The court emphasised that data and the portal are essential to ensure benefits reach the needy during the lockdown.
May 24, 2021 -
Dismal progress in skill mapping of migrant returnees
The government, despite the much-touted claim of upgrading the skills of migrants to create employability scope in the State, has managed to identify less than two percent of total migrant returnees for skill mapping.
March 16, 2021 -
Covid-19: Singapore migrant workers infections were three times higher
Out of Singapore's 58,341 total positive PCR tests to date, 93% have been among that migrant worker community.
December 16, 2020 -
Lessons from Migration
The solution lies with the complete transformation of economic and administrative processes, practices and policies to enable rural India to face up to the issues that the coronavirus-induced reverse migration has thrown up
November 6, 2020 -
The Tragic Trek
The rush to return from one of Odisha’s worst affected districts would normally have raised no cavil if the workers had not violated the stipulation that determines the inter-state border movement of labourers, notably the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979.
September 17, 2020 -
‘If you didn’t count, so no one died?’ Rahul Gandhi’s sharp retort to Modi government on migrant crisis
'The sad part is that the government does not care about the loss of lives,' he said.
September 15, 2020 -
No data available on migrant workers’ deaths during lockdown, says Centre in Parliament
The government said that it had also not kept track of the job losses amid the pandemic.
September 14, 2020 -
SC pulls up Delhi, Maharashtra governments for being ‘irresponsible’ towards migrant workers during lockdown
The apex court further told the two states to file affidavits within two weeks containing details of the steps they have taken for the welfare of the migrant workers.
September 3, 2020 -
Turning Tides
The horrific scenes of countless migrant workers walking back to their distant villages with their toddlers and little belongings were witnessed.
August 24, 2020 -
CJI explains why migrants’ case was not taken up urgently
The Chief Justice termed it odd that the apex court has to explain this process to the lawyers instead of them being well aware about this process and how it works.
July 10, 2020 -
PM Modi announces extension of ‘PM Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana’; says ‘One Nation One Card’ to be reality soon
PM Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana will be extended till the end of November, the extension to cost over Rs 90 thousand crores, he said.
June 30, 2020 -
Interview | Chanchalapathi Dasa tells how Akshaya Patra helped migrant workers to fight hunger during pandemic
Since 2000, Akshaya Patra has been concerting all its efforts towards providing fresh and nutritious meals to children on every single school day.
June 30, 2020