Western Railways has operated a total of 191 Shramik Special ferrying over 225,000 migrants
57 more trains en route; 200 additional trains slated to come in 2-3 days
A fresh row erupted on Wednesday after Karnataka government cancelled special trains due to concerns over shortage of labour
On Monday, stranded workers took to the roads demanding to be sent back home; several isolated stone pelting incidents were also reported
Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day
The workers have been demanding that trains should be arranged to ferry them to their native places as the government extended the nationwide lockdown till May 17
Congress will bear the cost for rail travel of every needy migrant worker and labourer to their respective home towns, says Sonia Gandhi
According to Punjab officials, there are nearly 1 million migrant labourers in the state, approximately 70 per cent of whom are from Bihar
According to media reports, Indian Railways has lined up a plan to run at least 400 trains for the movement of stranded labourers across the country
Deploys fleet of 82 buses to ferry nearly 11,000 workers, who will be given a ration kit and Rs 1,000 cash support
Due to the global recession caused by Covid-19, remittances to India are likely to drop by 23 per cent from $83 billion last year to $64 billion this year, the report said
Would we in the upper class place ourselves in the hands of the government in times such as these? And if not, why do we expect that the poor would? The Indian state is weak and lacks capacity
In India, the whole system of governance has been hijacked by the rich and the well-to-do middle class
More than 14,000 people have died or gone missing while trying to cross the central Mediterranean since 2014
The caravan gave Trump a new, politically advantageous story to tell
Tougher border security is a key pillar of the way EU responded to increase in migration since 2015
During 2016, 231,503 people crossed to Europe, with 100,000-mark passed already in Feb that year
According to UNHCR, some 303,838 people had crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe till 30 September 2016
Italy is right in the front line for migrants seeking a new life in Europe having since 2014 seen some 450,000 people reach its shores
Population of the camp includes large numbers of Afghans, Somalis, Sudanese and Kurds, among other asylum seekers