Page 6 - Migrant Workers

Employment, income in India during and after lockdown: A V-shape recovery?

After skyrocketing to nearly 25 per cent in April and May, the unemployment rate returned by July to its February level of around 7 per cent where it has remained since

35% of work under scheme meant for migrant workers went to MGNREGA

The tentative data sourced from the GKRA website shows that since June, around 1.10 million works have been completed under the campaign.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Has the Aarogya Setu app been effective?

How migrant workers are adapting after Covid, curbs on Chhath Puja in Delhi and Bihar, and some masks may cause skin problems-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Odisha migrant workers return to the same gruelling pre-lockdown conditions

Back at work in one of India's biggest migration destinations, Sahu found nothing has changed. He still has to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week without any leave or break--for Rs 15,000 a month

Six migrant workers from UP killed in road accident near Hyderabad

Police suspect that their vehicle overturned after hitting another while trying to overtake it

How states fare in Migrant Policy Index: Kerala on top, Delhi near bottom

India's average IMPEX 2019 score for 28 states and the Union Territory of NCT Delhi is 37 out of 100, reflecting the limited attention paid to integration efforts in destination states

Best of BS Opinion: Brace for return migration, overseas listing, and more

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

Brace for return migration

Rural economy won't be able to support excess workers forever

Lockdown exposed migrants' exclusion from governance system: Study

While the media gave migrants voice during the lockdown, what became clear is their near-total exclusion from local governance systems, alongside a near-total blindness by the state to their existence

The post-lockdown scars

As economic indicators and tax receipts improve, evidence of stress begin to appear too

Singapore to allow migrants from dormitories to visit recreation centres

Singapore will allow some foreign workers, who have largely been confined to dormitories since March due to the spread of the coronavirus, to visit recreation centres

Covid broke migration trends, led to temporary rural unemployment: Report

Labour out-migration from cities led to temporary rural unemployment, shows state finance report

PayPoint offers free personal accident insurance to migrant workers

PayPoint said it is offering a complimentary personal accident insurance cover for migrant workers transferring money to their families.

Need to enumerate, identify and register migrant workers: Sandeep Chachra

We could have planned our response to the pandemic better, says Sandeep Chachra, executive director of ActionAid Association

Labour codes hugely increase coverage of workers: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

In a Q&A, the Labour and Employment Minister says Removal of rigidity in labour laws, reducing compliance levels would stimulate setting up larger industries generate employment

Sonu Sood receives SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP

Actor Sonu Sood who is often dubbed as the "messiah of migrants" for his philanthropic work during lockdown, has been conferred with the prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP

Covid-19 impact: 6 months on, migrants caught between hope and despair

Lockdown bruises still fresh in their minds, it's now a fight for survival

LS clears three crucial codes for workers' welfare subsuming 29 labour laws

The codes envisage setting up of a social security fund for 400 million unorganised workers along with the GIG and platform workers

Over 10 mn migrant workers walked to their states in March-June: Govt

As per provisional available information, 81,385 accidents occurred on the roads (including national highways) during the period March-June 2020 with 29,415 fatalities, VK Singh informed Parliament

Govt collecting data on migrant workers' suicide from states: Gangwar

The government is collecting information on suicide of migrant workers from states during the Covid-19 pandemic, Parliament was informed on Saturday