Page 4 - Indian Migrant Workers

Cong to bear rail travel cost of every needy migrant workers: Sonia Gandhi

She also accused the central government and the Railways of completely ignoring the demands made by the Congress for ensuring the safe and free travel of migrant workers

Covid-19: As trains roll in, states scurry to cope with migrant influx

The first train to Bihar carrying 1,187 stranded migrants reached the Danapur railway station on Saturday

In pics: Migrants,students across India return to their native places

Nearly 500 students stranded in Kota in Rajasthan due to the Covid-19 lockdown return to Delhi in 40 buses

Special trains for migrant workers being operated on states' request: Govt

The ministry further stressed that Railways is only accepting passengers brought and facilitated by state governments

Lockdown 3.0 opens livelihood door; travel by air, rail remains prohibited

Two-week extension allows relaxation for several businesses

Migration and the call of home

After weeks of hard-to-control crowds taking to the streets to find a way home, more chaos is likely to ensue as reluctant governments piece together plans to transport them home

Train from Aluva to Bhubaneswar to take first set of 1,200 migrants home

6,000 litres of water, food for Day One of the journey arranged; Most of 360,000 'guest workers' staying in 20,826 camps at present want to head back home

Special train ferries migrants from Hyderabad to Jharkhand in lockdown

Those boarded the train were brought from their workplace at IIT-Hyderabad campus little over 30 kms from Lingampally during the previous night

Stranded people in lockdown can move to home: Centre tells states, UTs

Home ministry issues guidelines on how people should be taken home, medically tested.

CMs to discuss migrants issue, exit strategy with PM Narendra Modi today

Several CMs say they're staring at economic ruin if limited activity is not started

Government to launch online portal for stranded migrant workers

The move will help government to pass on relief benefits to migrant workers and do skill mapping

Shelter home generates livelihood for jobless labourers in Chhattisgarh

Surajpur Collector Deepak Soni said that the administration has provided work to more than 500 poor people at the shelter home

Seeds of trouble

Labour shortage puts record rabi harvest at risk

SC disposes plea seeking immediate relief to poor, homeless in lockdown

Referring to prevailing circumstances, the bench said, this is a situation where we cannot say whether some task has to be done one way or another

Covid-19: Stranded migrants can work during lockdown, but conditions apply

No interstate movement allowed; registration with local authorities must

Coronavirus: Govt seeks industry views on how to bring workforce back

According to sources, Labour and Employment Secretary Heeralal Samariya reached out to industry executives, a day after the Home Ministry's revised lockdown guidelines

India coronavirus dispatch: Role of financing in crisis control, recovery

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As migrants grow restless in lockdown, govt weighs cash transfer option

State governments told to expedite data collection of migrant labour

Covid-19 impact: Govt begins mapping of migrant workers for relief measures

The government wants to create a database of millions of such workers to ascertain whether a relief package could be announced for the most affected segment of the workforce

No cold turkey start: Experts want phased exit from coronavirus lockdown

Pronab Sen, former chief statistician, pointed out, "In the unaffected districts, we should open up the lockdown but not allow movement out of these areas.''