Agriculture labourers in delta districts battle heatwave as their daily income is hit

Agriculture labourers in delta districts battle heatwave as their daily income is hit

Women agriculture workers in action at Parasalur Panchayat in Mayiladuthurai district on a hot day. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Until now, working under hot sun was never an issue with 58-year-old S. Kaliammal, an agriculture labourer from Puthagaram village in Pattavarthi panchayat in Mayiladuthurai district. But in the middle of her tilling work on … Read more

Lord Ram’s teachings of justice and non-discrimination gave solace and inspiration to indentured labourers in Fiji: Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad

Lord Ram’s teachings of justice and non-discrimination gave solace and inspiration to indentured labourers in Fiji: Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad

Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad is on a five-day visit to India during which he will meet with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and travel to Gujarat, Goa and Ayodhya. File | Photo Credit: Shanker Chakravarty The struggles and teachings of Lord Ram in exile as narrated by the Ramayana gave “solace and inspiration” to … Read more

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP promises sops for married women, landless farm labourers, LPG cylinder at ₹500

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP promises sops for married women, landless farm labourers, LPG cylinder at ₹500

Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the party’s poll manifesto for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls on November 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Yearly financial assistance to married women and landless agriculture labourers, paddy procurement at ₹3,100 per quintal and cooking gas cylinder at ₹500 to poor families are some of the key highlights of … Read more

App to help track malaria among migrant labourers – ET HealthWorld

App to help track malaria among migrant labourers – ET HealthWorld

Panaji: The directorate of health services (DHS) in collaboration with three centres have developed a mobile app for real-time testing and surveillance of malaria among migrant labourers. Health services face challenges to check the spread of malaria among labourers as they are constantly on the move across the state. “Contractors move labourers from south to … Read more

MHA letter: Amarinder slams Centre for spreading ‘misinformation’ about Punjab farmers

MHA letter: Amarinder slams Centre for spreading ‘misinformation’ about Punjab farmers

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday slammed the Centre for allegedly spreading “misinformation” about the state’s farmers with its recent letter on the plight of “bonded labourers“. He said it was “yet another conspiracy to defame Punjab’s farmers”, whom the central government and the BJP have been “persistently trying to malign by dubbing them … Read more

More and more farmers heading towards Delhi borders from Punjab

More and more farmers heading towards Delhi borders from Punjab

Chandigarh: After briefly appearing to be fizzling out following the Republic Day violence in Delhi, the farmers’ stir against the agri laws on Saturday seemed to be reviving with more and more of farmers groups heading to the national capital from various parts of Punjab. Various farmer leaders on Saturday claimed that with more and … Read more

After months of uncertainty, life is crawling towards normalcy for Bihar labourers

After months of uncertainty, life is crawling towards normalcy for Bihar labourers

PATNA: Suraj Kumar, a native of Vaishali was a part of the group comprising eight persons that arrived at the Jai Prakash Narayan International airport here to catch a flight to national capital Delhi. During an interaction with IANS on Saturday, he said that his employer has sent air tickets to group members to reach … Read more

Only 5,000 out of 24 lakh registered skilled migrants got jobs in 116 districts

Only 5,000 out of 24 lakh registered skilled migrants got jobs in 116 districts

New Delhi: Government is said to have informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour that though more than 24 Lakh migrant skilled labourers had registered for jobs in the wake of the COVID pandemic, only 5000 could be given employment in their home state. The union ministry of Skill Development officials shared the figures with … Read more