Page 5 - Migrant Workers

Need to enumerate, identify and register migrant workers: Sandeep Chachra

We could have planned our response to the pandemic better, says Sandeep Chachra, executive director of ActionAid Association

Labour codes hugely increase coverage of workers: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

In a Q&A, the Labour and Employment Minister says Removal of rigidity in labour laws, reducing compliance levels would stimulate setting up larger industries generate employment

Sonu Sood receives SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP

Actor Sonu Sood who is often dubbed as the "messiah of migrants" for his philanthropic work during lockdown, has been conferred with the prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP

Covid-19 impact: 6 months on, migrants caught between hope and despair

Lockdown bruises still fresh in their minds, it's now a fight for survival

LS clears three crucial codes for workers' welfare subsuming 29 labour laws

The codes envisage setting up of a social security fund for 400 million unorganised workers along with the GIG and platform workers

Over 10 mn migrant workers walked to their states in March-June: Govt

As per provisional available information, 81,385 accidents occurred on the roads (including national highways) during the period March-June 2020 with 29,415 fatalities, VK Singh informed Parliament

Govt collecting data on migrant workers' suicide from states: Gangwar

The government is collecting information on suicide of migrant workers from states during the Covid-19 pandemic, Parliament was informed on Saturday

97 persons died on Shramik Special trains till Sept 9: Govt tells RS

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told the Rajya Sabha that 97 persons died while travelling on Shramik Special trains between May 1 and September 9

Modi's popularity remains undiminished. Will there be a reckoning someday?

People may have got sicker and poorer under him, but his appeal remains untarnished. How is that possible?

Collected Rs 430 crore as fare from state govts for Shramik trains: Govt

An amount of Rs 433 crore has been collected as fare from state governments for operating 4,621 Shramik Special trains since May 1, the Ministry of Railways informed Parliament

Cong seeks compensation for families of migrants killed amid Covid lockdown

Congress member Anand Sharma sought compensation for families of migrant workers who died while walking thousands of kilometers to their native places after the lockdown was imposed

No data on deaths of labourers during migration due to lockdown: Govt

The government does not have data regarding the number of migrants who died or were injured during migration to their native places due to the lockdown, Union minister Santosh Gangwar told Lok Sabha

Firms want men of many skills amid labour shortage and cost cutting

Hundreds and thousands of migrant workers, who had left for their home states in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic in India, are yet to return

Govt working on database of migrant labourers: Union minister Gangwar

Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday said the government is working on creating a database of migrant labourers so that they get direct benefit of various welfare schemes

UP's first 'flatted factory complex' to come up in Agra for Rs 125 cr

The Rs 125 crore project will comprise 68 industrial units

MGNREGS funds fast drying up as demand surges amid Covid-19 pandemic

Almost 63 per cent of the increased allocation of around Rs 1.01 trillion has been spent in the first five months of 2020-21

Covid-19 treatment cost must not fall on migrant workers: Govt tells states

Labour ministry guidelines say workers returning to cities must get housing, health insurance, facemasks

Why casual labour prefers to work in fields than under MGNREGA

MGNREGA has been one of the main livelihood sources for millions of migrants and other workers in rural India during the lockdown

Gujarat: Migrant workers' employers asked to follow Covid-19 norms

As migrant labourers have started returning to Surat in Gujarat, the city civic body has asked their employers to follow the state labour department's guidelines

New Covid-19 clusters detected at 3 migrant worker dormitories in Singapore

Singapore authorities have identified new Covid clusters at 3 migrant worker dormitories that were previously cleared of the virus, with a 34-year-old Indian national being linked to one of them