Page 7 - Migrant Workers

Another migrant crisis

India must brace for a shrinking West Asian jobs market

Parliamentary panel favours extending ESI, EPF benefits to migrant workers

Under the insurance scheme, employees earning up to Rs 21,000 a month can contribute 1.75 per cent towards ESI while the employer contributes 4.75 per cent

No pride in being Maid in India

Informal surveys indicate 85 per cent of these workers found themselves unceremoniously thrown out of jobs or forced to accept pay cuts during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown

Wednesday Cabinet decisions will bring positive change in lives of many: PM

Free foodgrain scheme till November also got cabinet approval

Signs of fatigue in labour recovery

Data shows the worst is over and we are likely to settle at an unemployment rate which would be only slightly higher than the rates witnessed before the lockdown

Haryana Cabinet clears Ordinance to give 75% private jobs to locals

The proposed move can have wider implications due to a large number of MNCs and Indian corporates being based in Gurgaon and other NCR cities falling within the state.

Maharashtra govt launches a portal to ensure employment to 'sons of soil'

The launch comes against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw return of migrant workers to native places outside the state.

The art of metamorphosis

A relief effort in Goa is transforming into a movement to drive long-term change

Free food grain for millions of migrant workers: Are they getting any?

UP, Bihar, MP, Odisha, and Jharkhand fare poorly in helping workers returning home after losing their livelihoods in lockdown.

Covid-19: Rajasthan distributes maximum free grain to returning migrants

Other big migrant population states, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand fare poorly

Letter to BS: Organise the labour market, pay regular income to workers

Workers do not have a regular stream of income and protection like minimum wages

Cut govt salaries, review RBI role: RSS-linked body writes to PM Modi

Arth Yagna describes itself as an organisation of nationalist professionals.

Covid-19 crisis: A status check of India's free grain scheme

As the distribution period for the packages nears its end, Business Standard takes stock of the progress so far.

CJI doesn't own Harley Davidson bike, was just taking a feel of it: Report

The Chief Justice of India was spotted with the bike at Nagpur, his home town, and the picture of him on it had gone viral on the social media.

As unemployment and hunger strike, migrant workers start the return journey

Several companies in the manufacturing, industrial goods and real estate sector have even chartered aircraft to bring back their skilled and semi-skilled employees

Top headlines: RBI's one-time recast plan, monetising fiscal deficit

From the possibility of RBI's one-time recast plan to be limited, RBI likely to monetise fiscal deficit in second-half of FY21, a glance at GST's completion of 3 years tomorrow, here are the top news

Govt may add more districts under rural jobs scheme for migrant workers

The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan was launched June 20 to provide work for 125 days in 25 areas to migrant workers in 116 districts of six states

Covid-19: Shimla apple growers face labour crunch ahead of plucking season

Apple growers in Shimla say they are faced with a labour shortage ahead of the plucking season due to the Covid-19 pandemic and urged the government to provide respite to them.

After initial row, govt may expand list of districts under rural job scheme

Officials try to put to rest controversy over exclusion of West Bengal, other states from the list

PM Modi launches job scheme for migrants in UP: Highlights of his speech

About 12.5 million migrant workers are expected to benefit from the programme