Page 9 - Migrant Workers

15K repatriated Indian migrant workers sign up for skill mapping in a week

SWADES database helps migrants find employment; 59% had lost their jobs

Story in numbers: Job hunt, marriage major driver of internal migration

Between 2001 and 2011, while the population grew by 18%, the number of migrants jumped 45%

Virtual reality: BJP's campaign blueprint for Bihar polls in Covid-19 era

Among the 21 points flagged in the 23-page booklet are the "help" extended by the Modi government to 5.2 million workers to reach their homes in Bihar in 3,840 "Shramik" trains in 25 days

Without cash support, middle class will become the new poor, warns Rahul

He cited a Business Standard report about the plight of retrenched workers of a private company, who were staring at a long battle ahead.

UP loosens Covid Care Fund purse strings for cash support to migrants

CM Adityanath transfers money to accounts of 1.05 million migrant families

How many disasters will Runa bear?

The lockdown has been hard on Ghorai and her community

Railways receive requests for 63 Shramik Special trains from 7 states

Of the total, a maximum of 32 trains will depart from Kerala while the destinations of most trains will be West Bengal (23), followed by Bihar (10), Assam (5)

NSDC prepares a platform to ensure speedy skilling of migrant returnees

A list of 116 most-affected districts has been prepared, where states are struggling to rehabilitate livelihoods.

High chances of child labour increasing in aftermath of Covid-19: CRY

CRY organised an e-consultation to underscore how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect the situation of child and adolescent labour in India

Railways planning to scale up MGNREGA employment for migrant workers

The Railways has asked Zones to prepare a list of labourers against the kind of work they can be involved in

Minimum economic security is not unaffordable

In the concluding part, the author lays down the fiscal arithmetic for an illustrative UBI supplement in India

Mamata Banerjee says never called 'Shramik' trains 'Corona Express'

Her comments came a day after Shah, addressing a virtual rally for West Bengal, accused Banerjee of "insulting" migrant workers returning to the state on Shramik Special trains

Frame policy for employment of migrants in home states, suggests SBI report

The CDRs could give a clear idea of out-migration intensity into districts in states that exhibit a high level of migrant labour movements, the report said

Mumbai police grills Arnab Goswami over alleged provocative comments

Two FIRs have been filed against Goswami accusing him of making provocative comments about a community during a news show

Govt starts skill mapping to help workers get opportunities closer home

The skill mapping exercise shall become the basis of the Centre's intervention in districts through training and recognition of prior learning in order to re-skill and up-skill workers

MNREGA jobs are short-term, only lasting solution is projects: L&T chief

In a Q&A, S N Subrahmanyan, MD and CEO of the engineering group says he expects govt and public sector capex to be lower by Rs 3-4 trillion this year

Citizens' right to minimum economic security

Look at UBI primarily as a means of relieving economic insecurity, not economic inequality

SC comes to the rescue of stranded migrant workers: Know details

Supreme Court told the central and state governments to identify migrant workers stranded in the nationwide lockdown and send them home within 15 days

Top headlines: Covid-19 cases in Delhi may hit 550K by Jul 31, says Sisodia

Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

CPHS unemployment estimates are conservative

Headline numbers suggest an improvement in labour markets during 2018-19 compared to the situation in 2017-18