Page 15 - Migrant Workers

Centre issues new guidelines for transportation of migrants between states

While issuing the revised SOP, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said for running 'Shramik' special trains, permission will be given by the Ministry of Railways in consultation with the MHA

As millions of migrants return, will it be a boon or bane for home states?

Govts looking to turn labourers' return into an opportunity, but might have to rely on rural job guarantee scheme in near term

UP govt playing politics over offer to provide buses for migrants: Congress

Priyanka Gandhi's office alleged that the demand shows that the UP government lacks the intention to help those stranded at the state's borders

Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate at 24%, Covid-19 impact, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

The stimulus that wasn't

The bulk of Ms Sitharaman's proposals addressed supply problems, with only occasional and cursory references to demand, mostly as an afterthought

Migrant labourers start booze party in quarantine centre, face police ire

The local police booked five people including a village guard for supplying liquor to the group

Coronavirus impact: Textile companies fear FY21 will be a washout

Most units say there are no orders as retailers haven't resumed operations

UP govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi proposal to run 1,000 buses for migrants

The UP government said the influx of migrants from the Congress ruled states like Rajasthan and Punjab was happening without proper arrangement and screening

Need permanent changes, policy predictability and flexibility: Mukesh Aghi

President, CEO at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, Mukesh Aghi says that India needs a transparent policy environment

FM allocates Rs 40,000 crore more for MGNREGA to support migrants

Excluding the pending dues, spending on the scheme is estimated to be Rs 90,000 crore

Fiscal stimulus 2.0: Why cash support to migrant workers was aborted

The plan for cash relief changed as the ground realities altered rapidly in the past two months

Covid-19 has made the invisible visible

Today, these 'invisible' people have become visible

Job creation top on Nitish's mind as scores of migrants return to Bihar

At Lingampally, the 226 passengers, all labourers, were welcomed by ministers and officials of the Telangana government

UP govt to pay Rs 26 crore to Railways for plying Shramik special trains

So far, 522 trains have ferried 665,000 labourers to UP

Migrant workers continue to travel by trucks, bicycle to their home states

Some migrant workers continued to travel by trucks while some are traveling on foot and bicycles from Punjab's Ludhiana to reach their respective homes

Delhi Congress President Anil Chaudhary put under preventive detention

According to the Uttar Pradesh Police, labourers have been asked to take trains or buses

Covid-19: Why labour law relaxations will need to undergo judicial scrutiny

Geetika Srivastava checks out whether the recent labour law relaxations announced by several states pass the legal smell test

Rail minister doing politics over issue of trains for migrants: Baghel

Goyal had reportedly challenged Baghel to prove that the Centre did not approve the trains after receiving request from both the sending and receiving states

Covid-19: Migrants on their way home hit a hurdle at Delhi-UP border

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs), directing them to ensure that there is no movement of migrant workers

Local conditions likely to guide next phase of lockdown: Shivraj Chouhan

Poor people and those running small-scale industry are suffering due to extended lockdown, he said