Migrant
Jul 11, 2020 03:48
All are clear signs that the pandemic, and the economic disruption it has inflicted, has added to the already growing backlash against free movement of labour across the world. read more
Jul 09, 2020 00:05
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced both plans in May as part of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus and relief package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight the slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown. read more
Jul 08, 2020 00:26
Jalaun lies in the plains of Bundelkhand, a region from where several thousand men and women migrate to Mumbai in Maharashtra, Surat and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Bengaluru in Karnataka and other metropolises, in search of work. read more
Jun 29, 2020 23:53
The training will be offered under the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan. The special job scheme, kickstarted by PM Modi on June 20, aims to provide jobs in projects worth Rs 50,000 crore but it also has a training component for unskilled workers. read more
Jun 28, 2020 23:35
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) criticized the Centre on this issue. CPI(M) politburo member Md Salim said, “the BJP is not bothered about employment.” read more
Jun 26, 2020 00:01
The skill mapping was conducted to roll out the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, the targeted programme for jobs to migrant workers in 116 districts that have received at least 25,000 migrant workers read more
Jun 22, 2020 19:23
Create a legal regime that allows them to access safety, shelter and welfare services on equal terms as residents read more
Jun 19, 2020 19:46
GKRA can give relief, but more needs to be done read more
Jun 17, 2020 19:13
Actor Sikandar Kher says that he realises the ‘privileged’ position he is in, considering he had even a house to be locked in during the lockdown. read more
Jun 15, 2020 19:46
Police said the bus was on its way to Bihar’s Muzaffarpaur from Delhi when its driver lost control over it due to the tyre burst near the Bilhaur area here. The bus hit a divider before it overturned, Bilhaur SHO Santosh Kumar Awasthi said. read more
Jun 09, 2020 19:00
The executive and the judiciary must continue to focus on them read more
Jun 06, 2020 21:40
Migrants moved back to their states after India implemented lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. Now as the lockdown restrictions eases across the nation, labourers leave their native states in search of work. read more
Jun 06, 2020 00:05
Solicitor general Tushar Mehta informed the Court that around 10 million migrant workers had been transported to their destinations in 4,228 Shramik Special trains between May 1 and June 3. read more
Jun 03, 2020 23:40
Following the uncertainty over the next Shramik Special from Delhi, the few remaining migrants wanting to return home are now pooling in their savings to hire private buses or taking help of NGOs. read more
Jun 02, 2020 23:57
The standing committee on labour, in the backdrop of the misery confronted by unorganized sector workers in the past two months in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, will also push the government to provide a larger social security net that can help them tide over the difficult situation. read more
