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May Day brings little solace, as Indian workers stare at longer work hours

For the first time in one and a half centuries, workers will have to toil 72 hours a week in at least five states as govts try to restart production amid the nationwide lockdown

Three Jharkhand migrant labourers test Covid-19 positive in Chhattisgarh

A large number of migrant labourers, mostly from Jharkhand and Bihar, had crossed into Chhattisgarh from Maharashtra after the lockdown

Covid-19 outbreak: Govt eases curbs on interstate movement amid lockdown

Union home secretary issues order amending earlier guidelines that barred people from crossing states and cities.

3 cops injured in stone pelting by migrant workers at IIT Hyderabad

The workers who were protesting near a construction site demanded that they be paid wages and allowed to go back to their native places in view of the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown, police said

Govt to discuss job creation, worker welfare with industry, labour unions

The government has given some relaxation to the industry in filing their returns under the labour laws by extending the last date during the lockdown period

Stranded people in lockdown can move to home: Centre tells states, UTs

Home ministry issues guidelines on how people should be taken home, medically tested.

Think about adopting 'One nation one ration card' amid lockdown: SC to govt

The central government scheme is scheduled to be launched in June this year

India coronavirus dispatch: Migrant workers need housing security

From India's testing conundrum, to financing the Covid-19 response, and the non-respiratory symptoms of the disease - read these and more in today's India digest

Slight ease in lockdown gives hope to the desperate, improves employment

The count of the unemployed who were actively looking for jobs during the week of April 26 was around 76 mn. In the earlier weeks, it was close to 100 mn

Coronavirus impact: 60% firms run at less than 25% capacity, says CII

The movement of workers and raw materials remain key hurdles to resuming businesses despite the government allowing major chunks of the industry to operate

Shelter home generates livelihood for jobless labourers in Chhattisgarh

Surajpur Collector Deepak Soni said that the administration has provided work to more than 500 poor people at the shelter home

India coronavirus dispatch: How Goa managed to control the pandemic

From debating easing of lockdown, to worsening access to mental healthcare, to status of women migrant workers in the post-Covid era

Covid-19: An app that connects donors, beneficiaries and grocery stores

People affected by the lockdown can call the Free Ration; which is manned by a 15-member call centre, or contact them through the app

Centre should use fiscal powers to ease state constraints: Yamini Aiyar

She says India needs to avoid another nationwide lockdown

Major states still not allowing industries to reopen: FIEO to govt

Majority of industrial townships remain in red zones, restricting exports

House panel opposes lay-off payment for workers during natural calamities

The Standing Committee has suggested that the government allow bigger companies to retrench workers, without the need to seek official nod from the government

PM Modi, Sitharaman to meet today to finalise second stimulus package

Friday's meeting follows a wide range of deliberations held within the government and with eminent experts.

Progress of direct benefit transfer under PM Garib Kalyan Package

The government has so far transferred Rs 31,235 crore directly to either the bank account or employees' provident fund of 331.4 million people from the vulnerable sections of society

Policy dilemma: Is the Covid-19 pandemic a demand or supply shock?

In the absence of clarity about the impact of this crisis on demand and supply, any measure undertaken presents the possibility of proving to be eminently wrong when clarity eventually emerges

Migrant labourers help Uttar Pradesh clock 77% rabi crop harvesting

This comes on the back of Adityanath government's announcement to provide local level jobs to the migrant labourers, who were forced to return to the state after nationwide lockdown was imposed