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 more than 100 complaints with the Labour Department officials in the past five years alleging harassment and seeking help to come out of the clutches … Read more
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 citizen Sean Binder and 23 other humanitarian workers had their misdemeanor charges set aside by a court on the island of Lesbos Friday, however felony … Read more
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 spokesperson for Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy said on Friday. In a video message produced by Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) and released Wednesday, … Read more
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 and construction sites as it aims to enrol more and more unorganised workers on the portal. Over 2.7 million unorganised workers have registered on the … Read more
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 a robust mechanism to check such practices and said he would hold necessary discussions with his counterparts from other states. Soren also claimed that several … Read more
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 Image Deja vu, is it? Last year thousands of daily wage workers were seen leaving in masses to their hometowns, thanks to a nationwide lockdown. … Read more
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 Election Commission of India hopes women and migrant workers will help the state breach the 60% mark. There are two factors at play – 300,000 … Read more
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 returned to their native places during the COVID-19 lockdown. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on June 20 launched the employment scheme for migrant workers. The … Read more
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 he attempted to clarify over his earlier response on migrant labourers in the Parliament which had resulted in lot of criticism and anguish from the … Read more
Synopsis The 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 24 when a nationwide lockdown was announced to contain the outbreak. The survey will also take into account their movement back to industrial hubs … Read more