Page 3 - Migrant Crisis

Best of BS Opinion: Chinese exceptionalism, migrant labourers, and more

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Migrant crisis: Lapses on part of Centre and states, says Supreme Court

The top court issued notices to the Centre, the states and Union territories and sought their replies by May 28.

Supply chain blocks, lack of labour push MSMEs in Chennai to the brink

The second of a five-part series focuses on how the lockdown has compounded the woes of already-struggling firms

Acting on its own, SC takes note of migrants workers' misery in lockdown

The top court listed the matter for May 28 and asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to assist it on the issues

Taking UP govt's permission to hire state's workers 'absurd' idea: Rahul

Adityanath had on Monday said that the state government will provide social security and insurance to labourers and no state can take manpower from Uttar Pradesh without his government's permission

Best of BS Opinion: Looking beyond the rate cut, economic package, and more

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UP govt to set up Migration Commission to ensure job, social security

CM Adityanath directed officials to prepare the roadmap of constituting the Migration Commission

UP to launch dedicated job portal for returning migrant labourers

Portal to help companies/agencies hire skilled labour; So far, more than 2.1 mn workers have returned by trains and roadways buses

Oppn accuses Centre of usurping states' powers, demands revised stimulus

The opposition demanded that the Centre "consult state governments while allowing international/domestic flights".

Cyclone Amphan ravages West Bengal; PM Narendra Modi to visit today

State readies initial fund of Rs 1,000 crore for relief and restoration work

For every positive coronavirus case, 20 negative tests done: ICMR

The government, however, said the mortality rate had remained less than half of the global average of 6.65 per cent.

I've to be careful, am answerable to Parliament: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman tells Indivjal Dhasmana & Nivedita Mookerji that the government has made sure that mistakes committed during 2008-2013 are not repeated while announcing the Rs 20-trillion package.

Door open for stimulus 6.0; govt with industry: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Calling her stint as FM during the pandemic "the most challenging assignment yet", Sitharaman said she was not upset with the criticism that the recent stimulus package was too little

UP govt claims 27,000 buses deployed to ferry migrants as Cong offers help

UP chief minister had instructed 200 additional buses be arranged at each of the 75 districts apart from the roadways buses

Get more trains, ensure migrant workers don't walk: Centre tells states

Coronavirus and loss of livelihood driving factors for the movement of stranded workers, says home ministry

'Is it not dramebaazi?': Nirmala Sitharaman on Rahul meeting migrants

Rahul on Saturday interacted with migrant workers who were walking near Sukhdev Vihar flyover in New Delhi to return to their home states

Congress offers to ply 1,000 buses for stranded migrants returning to UP

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra writes to Adityanath

Plants working at 70% capacity, aiming for optimal level soon: Adani Wilmar

In view of large-scale migration of workers, firm has been managing its operations with 50-60 per cent of the workforce

Free food grain for migrant workers, easy farm credit in stimulus round 2

As many as 2.5 crore farmers will be provided Rs 2 lakh crore of concessional credit through Kisan Credit Cards

UP plans 100,000 Covid beds as 325,000 stranded labourers return in 2 weeks

State gears up to meet exigencies, with more than a million migrants expected to arrive in the near future