Page 4 - Migrant Workers

How the government is failing its migrant workers and their families

Outreach and accessibility of schemes, and estimations of the migrant population remain a significant hurdle for benefits flowing to the migrant population

Covid-19 pandemic: Tales of migrant workers betray a year of woes

Their lives thrown into disarray, they struggle with lack of aid, jobs and vaccine

'Had to borrow money': Migrant workers struggle for healthcare in lockdown

Structural exclusion from urban health systems and lack of support from employers are some of the problems they faced in second wave of Covid-19.

One-Nation-One-Ration-Card suffers from exclusion issues, say experts

Scheme does not embrace 100 mn people who are otherwise entitled to NFSA ration cards, but don't possess them simply because the list has not been updated since 2011

Number of international migrant workers rises to 169 million: ILO

A new report by UN-body International Labour Organisation has highlighted that the number of international migrant workers has risen globally to 169 million, an increase of three per cent since 2017

'Unpardonable': SC slams Centre over apathy on registering migrant workers

The Supreme Court on Tuesday termed as unpardonable the Centre's apathy and lackadaisical attitude towards creating National Database for Unorganised Workers (NDUW)

Railways ferries over 3 mn passengers, including migrant workers, in 1 week

Average occupancy was high

Almost 92% casual workers didn't get wages during lockdown: SWAN survey

The survey, which was conducted among 1,396 worker groups, adding up to 8,023 people that included 4,836 women and children, showed that 76 per cent of the workers had less than Rs 200 left with them

AAP govt claim on 'one nation one ration card' misleading, Centre tells SC

The Centre has told Supreme Court that a large number of migrants workers are unable to take the benefit of subsidised National Food Security Act foodgrains in Delhi due to no full implementation.

'We're not experts': Supreme Court rejects plea for loan moratorium

These are all in the realm of policy decision. These are issues having financial implications and we are not the experts, the Court said

NHRC issues more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid Covid

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Human Rights Commission has issued more advisories to various ministries and states on the adverse impact faced by labourers and migrant informal sector workers, officials said on Tuesday. The country has been reeling under a devastating second wave of the pandemic since April, triggering lockdowns in states and Union Territories to combat COVID-19. "The NHRC, keeping in view the adverse effects of the pandemic on different sections of society, has issued three more advisories to the Centre, states and union territories as part of its 2.0 series of Covid-19 pandemic advisories," the NHRC said in a statement. These advisories are -- right to mental health; identifying, releasing and rehabilitating bonded labourers; and safeguarding the rights of informal workers during the pandemic. The Commission, in a letter through its Secretary General, Bimbadhar Pradhan to the Secretaries of Union ministries of health and family welfare; labour &

Savings dry up, few jobs: Covid second wave hits migrant workers harder

Workforce is facing grim reality of hunger as many people do not carry ration cards with them.

Will provide food grains to needy without ration cards: Delhi govt to HC

The Delhi govt on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it has issued a notification with regard to providing food grains to needy people, like workers and domestic help, who do not have ration cards.

IHCL, chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Jose Andres offer meals to healthcare workers

Kapoor and WCK have partnered with Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) for its MealsToSmiles initiative

The rural worry

Bharat is suffering on multiple counts

Long days' journey into flight

Book review of 1232 km: The Long Journey Home

Process of registration of migrant workers needs to be expedited, says SC

The Supreme Court Monday said the process of registration of migrant workers is very slow and it must be expedited so that benefit of various schemes can be extended to them amid the Covid pandemic

Children of the pandemic

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Provide dry ration, facilitate transportation for migrants in NCR: SC

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah said the Centre may also issue instructions to the Ministry of Railways to take necessary and adequate measures to cater to the need of migrant workers

SC to pass directions on community kitchen, transportation of migrants

The Supreme Court Thursday said it is inclined to pass directions to NCR states to have community kitchens and to facilitate transportation of migrant workers amid the current Covid-19 wave