Page 19 - Migrant Workers

Plight of irregular migrant workers: Who cares?

No permanent redress can be expected until even casual workers are able to unite and bargain collectively for their rights

16 migrant workers run over by goods train while sleeping on tracks

The Railways announced a comprehensive probe into the accident which occurred at 5.15 am near Karmad, around 30 km from Aurangabad city

Amarinder Singh asks administration to ensure welfare of migrant workers

The chief minister asked the industry ministry to "aggressively" pursue the development of the four industrial parks already announced by the state government in the budget for this fiscal.

Lockdown 3.0: Rural India may drive demand recovery amid Covid-19 crisis

Top executives at auto, tractor and consumer packaged goods firms are optimistic. They are betting on the reverse migration of labourers boosting consumption and prediction of a favourable monsoon.

Karnataka govt takes U-turn, deploys trains to take migrant workers home

On Thursday, the government wrote to Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha seeking consent for receiving the workers

A first: Shramik train with 1,050 leaves from Delhi railway station

The New Delhi railway station is the second busiest station in the country with a daily footfall of over 500,000 a day in normal times, but today was different

Welcome step back

Karnataka was wrong in treating migrants as bonded labourers

UP govt plans daily evacuation of 45,000 stranded labourers amid lockdown

Yogi government urges Maharashtra to dispatch 10 trains a day

Covid-19 impact: Karnataka to provide financial aid to migrant workers

Announces Rs 3,000 each for construction workers as part of a Rs 1,630 crore Covid-19 relief package

Govt leans on unions to make workers stay back in cities as economy sinks

Labour Secretary says focus should now be on reviving industry and gradually opening up the economy, so that there are adequate employment opportunities

Railways on the home run: How the transporter is ferrying 10 mn workers

Ferrying migrant workers back to their states would be the largest special service by any railway network in the world in one go. Here's how the transporter manages it

Karnataka announces Rs 1,610 cr package; hikes excise duty on liqour

The state government has decided to announce a relief package for farmers who were not able to market their produce

Lockdown impact: UP approves 66 special trains to ferry stranded labourers

Yogi government has estimated return of a million labourers in 2 months

Most H-1B employers use programme to pay workers below median wage: Report

Half of the top 30 H-1B employers use an outsourcing business model to provide staff for third-party clients

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India cases near 50,000-mark; death toll at 1,693

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Karnataka cancels special trains for migrants after CM meets builders

The state government has been collecting railway fares from the migrants and every worker had to pay for both train and bus service to reach station in advance

Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 outbreak, India's MF industry, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Letter to BS: Extended lockdown has exposed the plight of migrant workers

This 140 mn strong migrant labour is vital to our economy, yet their status remains undefined

Bihar got most workers in special trains, West Bengal the least: Data

TMC MP and leader of the party in Rajya Sabha, Derek O'Brien, however, said the West Bengal government was doing "all it takes" to fight the Covid pandemic, and accused the Centre of playing politics

The govt's ad hoc response has worsened the migrant worker crisis

Govt spared no expense to bring back Indians stranded abroad but similar concern was lacking for migrant workers and their families