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Covid-19: PM Modi launches 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar' scheme for migrant workers

Prime Minister launched the Rs 50,000 crore programme that brings together 25 different govt schemes under one umbrella via video-conferencing

PM to launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan today to boost rural employment

The Prime Minister will flag off the Abhiyan from village Telihar in Bihar's Khagaria district via video-conferencing

FM announces RS 50,000 cr Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan: All details here

She says nearly 25 schemes of govt will be brought under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, and that she is confident of reaching saturation levels under each of the schemes within 125 days

25 govt schemes to be pooled together to give jobs to migrant workers: FM

The Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan will be launched by the prime minister from Khagaria in Bihar, said the finance minister

Wage payments during lockdown: No action on employers till July, rules SC

States should facilitate settlement between companies and employees over wages, says court.

One-time cash transfer, food ration for 3 months can help migrants: Report

Factory and establishment survey is critical to assess employment conditions in organised as well as unorganised sectors, the report said

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

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Ration woes, expenses lay bare the migrant distress since lockdown

A silver lining, the survey noted, is that 75 per cent of the workers were not being threatened by their landlords of eviction

Devika Balakrishnan & Brajabandhu Rana matter

We suffer our own domestic Donald Trumps; we mourn our own George Floyds

The migrant disaster will be a blot on the country's collective conscience

Lockdowns, which have come with daily trackers and goals of flattening curves, can be akin to ineffectual New Year resolutions

In pictures: Migrants head home, mosques gear up for Unlock 1.0 and more

The home ministry had last week said ''Unlock-1'' will be initiated in the country from June 8 under which the nationwide lockdown, will be relaxed to a great extent

Life and death in lockdown: Pictures from around India

Restrictions confining people to their homes entered the 66 day on Friday as the number of coronavirus cases steadily increases.

SC to hear plea over migrant workers' miseries amid lockdown today

Medha Patkar, in her petition, sought a direction for a uniform platform to be created which can be used by all migrants for the ticketing system.

In pictures: Migrants head home as Covid-19 pandemic spreads unabated

The coronavirus lockdown has triggered a massive movement of migrants across the country, who are eager to return to their native places

Railways operated 3,000 Shramik trains to send migrants home: Piyush Goyal

The Railways Minister urged the states to cooperate with his Ministry to help the workers

Cement being bought mostly in villages, tier-II cities: Shree Cement MD

H M Bangur expects demand to return once Covid-19 cases subside and the stimulus package ensures a robust supply side

Understanding the migrants

Availability of credible data is critical to integrating these workers in development programmes

'How can we stop it?' SC on plea to stop migrant workers walking to homes

Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, who had filed the plea, referred to recent incidents of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where migrant workers were killed in accidents on highways

Despite Shramik trains, it's a long walk back home for migrant workers

Harbinder, 54, a farmer hailing from a border area in Punjab, said he has been walking for two days and has very little savings.