Page 2 - Migration
Union Cabinet approves India-UK migration and mobility partnership
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and the United Kingdom on migration and mobility partnership
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100 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast over past week: IOM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 100 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast over the past week.
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50 yrs since evacuation: Evacuees of HP's Pong Dam await rehabilitation
About 8,000 families are still awaiting rehabilitation--they have either not been allotted land in Rajasthan or had their allotments cancelled by the state
 "50 yrs since evacuation: Evacuees of HP's Pong Dam await rehabilitation")
Changing trade, skilling: Rajasthan migrant workers adapt to new job market
Rajasthan accounted for 6.57 million of 60 million households that have availed MGNREGS since April this year
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Brace for return migration
Rural economy won't be able to support excess workers forever
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Covid broke migration trends, led to temporary rural unemployment: Report
Labour out-migration from cities led to temporary rural unemployment, shows state finance report
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Covid lockdown pushed 3 in 4 Dalit, tribal hamlets deeper in debt: Survey
The financial crisis and consequent indebtedness might push many into forced and bonded labour, the survey report has concluded
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Worked closely with stakeholders to promote legal migration amid Covid: MEA
MEA said in the wake of COVID, it has worked closely with stakeholders to provide an environment to promote safe stable migration
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Covid-19 crisis: Construction workers to soon get migration certificates
This comes after the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted gaps in government database, which, along with other issues, was the reason many construction workers didn't get adequate welfare benefits.
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Many unhappy returns
For states that account for the bulk of the migrants, this unprecedented reverse migration imposes extraordinary challenges of absorbing them without causing social disruptions
Acting on its own, SC takes note of migrants workers' misery in lockdown
The top court listed the matter for May 28 and asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to assist it on the issues
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India coronavirus dispatch: Removing the fear and stigma around Covid-19
From reopening schools and rescheduling exams, to India and China's role in vaccine development, and why reverse migration has set us back by 15 years - read these and more in today's India dispatch
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Connectivity provides a stronger foundation for exports: Harsh Shringla
He said, the pandemic has highlighted the global shortage of trained personnel in various sectors, especially in health care and the digital domain
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An award-winning journalist tracks humankind's migration out of Africa
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek is on an intercontinental journey of 24,000 miles, tracing humankind's movement out of Africa right down to South America
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Covid-19 has made the invisible visible
Today, these 'invisible' people have become visible
India needs basic income scheme to make lockdown work, says Thomas Piketty
The French economist said that India has the potential to become the global democratic leader of the 21st century if it manages to address the issue of inequality
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Coronavirus: UP provides cash relief to over a million daily wage workers
The relief amount has been directly credited into the bank accounts of over 1.06 million beneficiaries estimated at Rs 106 crore, of which Rs 4.85 crore was credited during the day
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A Pandemic and an election: Covid19-led migration to test Bihar alliance
At the time of writing this report, more than 500 people have been tested in Bihar. The state has also reported 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and registered one death
 "A Pandemic and an election: Covid19-led migration to test Bihar alliance")
How despite migration caste discrimination follows India's disadvantaged
SCs and STs benefited less from migration as social discrimination continued to impact them in the places they migrated to, research shows
 "How despite migration caste discrimination follows India's disadvantaged")
Migration is the issue here
When people move to cities and countries, there is tension between "insiders" and "outsiders"
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