No safety net: Migrant labourers moving to worksites in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Migrant labour from Odisha working in different industries in Andhra Pradesh have lodged…
CNN — A Greek court dropped espionage charges against a group of aid workers who rescued migrants from the sea, in a move hailed by rights groups and lawmakers. Irish-German…
CNN — World Cup host Qatar has praised the Australian men’s national team for their efforts to raise awareness on “important matters” and said that “no country is perfect,” a…
The government is likely to issue an advisory mandating employers to enrol all unorganised workers employed with them on the e-Shram portal. It would also hold registration camps at industrial…
Concerned over the "exploitation" of Jharkhand migrant workers in various parts of the country, especially in difficult terrains, Chief Minister Hemant Soren has voiced the need to put in place…
Since the Delhi government has announced a night lockdown and cases are not reducing, the workers fear the unpredictability in the situation and worst – them not getting paid. Representative…
New Delhi: Bihar last clocked a voting percentage of over 60% in the year 2000. Ever since, the state’s polling percentage has stayed consistently around 56-58%. This year though, the…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan was not implemented in West Bengal as the state did not provide any data regarding migrant workers who…
The labour and employment minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Wednesday said labour is in the concurrent list and therefore, both state and central governments can legislate on the issues as…
SynopsisThe move is aimed at creating a central data repository of migrant workers. The proposed household survey will focus on job and income loss suffered by the workers after March…