Page 21 - Migrant Workers

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Karnataka was wrong in treating migrants as bonded labourers

UP govt plans daily evacuation of 45,000 stranded labourers amid lockdown

Yogi government urges Maharashtra to dispatch 10 trains a day

Covid-19 impact: Karnataka to provide financial aid to migrant workers

Announces Rs 3,000 each for construction workers as part of a Rs 1,630 crore Covid-19 relief package

Govt leans on unions to make workers stay back in cities as economy sinks

Labour Secretary says focus should now be on reviving industry and gradually opening up the economy, so that there are adequate employment opportunities

Railways on the home run: How the transporter is ferrying 10 mn workers

Ferrying migrant workers back to their states would be the largest special service by any railway network in the world in one go. Here's how the transporter manages it

Karnataka announces Rs 1,610 cr package; hikes excise duty on liqour

The state government has decided to announce a relief package for farmers who were not able to market their produce

Lockdown impact: UP approves 66 special trains to ferry stranded labourers

Yogi government has estimated return of a million labourers in 2 months

Most H-1B employers use programme to pay workers below median wage: Report

Half of the top 30 H-1B employers use an outsourcing business model to provide staff for third-party clients

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India cases near 50,000-mark; death toll at 1,693

Coronavirus LIVE update: Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news on coronavirus, lockdown, death toll, and cases across the world

Karnataka cancels special trains for migrants after CM meets builders

The state government has been collecting railway fares from the migrants and every worker had to pay for both train and bus service to reach station in advance

Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 outbreak, India's MF industry, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Letter to BS: Extended lockdown has exposed the plight of migrant workers

This 140 mn strong migrant labour is vital to our economy, yet their status remains undefined

Bihar got most workers in special trains, West Bengal the least: Data

TMC MP and leader of the party in Rajya Sabha, Derek O'Brien, however, said the West Bengal government was doing "all it takes" to fight the Covid pandemic, and accused the Centre of playing politics

The govt's ad hoc response has worsened the migrant worker crisis

Govt spared no expense to bring back Indians stranded abroad but similar concern was lacking for migrant workers and their families

Lockdown 3.0: Political slugfest breaks out on migrant workers' rescue

Sonia Gandhi's move forces central government to bear 85% of cost of migrant travel, states to bear 15%

Letter to BS: Enact laws offering social security to migrant workers

The states where they migrate to earn their livelihood treat them as uninvited guests

India has a jobs bloodbath as unemployment rate shoots up to 27.1%

When jobs evaporate in other sectors, people go back to farms which seem to have an infinite capacity to absorb labour; but that is mostly disguised unemployment

Railways to pay 85% of train fare for workers, says govt after controversy

Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the health ministry, gave a clarification after the Congress party offered to pay for the train tickets of migrant workers.

Why Shramik Special Trains have created a political storm

Here's why the Shramik Special Trains have created quite a stir in political circles

UP to expedite homecoming of stranded labourers by trains amid lockdown

The government plans to run at least 6 trains daily each from the two industrialised states - Gujarat, Maharashtra