Page 9 - Migrant Workers

The art of metamorphosis

A relief effort in Goa is transforming into a movement to drive long-term change

Free food grain for millions of migrant workers: Are they getting any?

UP, Bihar, MP, Odisha, and Jharkhand fare poorly in helping workers returning home after losing their livelihoods in lockdown.

Covid-19: Rajasthan distributes maximum free grain to returning migrants

Other big migrant population states, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand fare poorly

Letter to BS: Organise the labour market, pay regular income to workers

Workers do not have a regular stream of income and protection like minimum wages

Cut govt salaries, review RBI role: RSS-linked body writes to PM Modi

Arth Yagna describes itself as an organisation of nationalist professionals.

Covid-19 crisis: A status check of India's free grain scheme

As the distribution period for the packages nears its end, Business Standard takes stock of the progress so far.

CJI doesn't own Harley Davidson bike, was just taking a feel of it: Report

The Chief Justice of India was spotted with the bike at Nagpur, his home town, and the picture of him on it had gone viral on the social media.

As unemployment and hunger strike, migrant workers start the return journey

Several companies in the manufacturing, industrial goods and real estate sector have even chartered aircraft to bring back their skilled and semi-skilled employees

Top headlines: RBI's one-time recast plan, monetising fiscal deficit

From the possibility of RBI's one-time recast plan to be limited, RBI likely to monetise fiscal deficit in second-half of FY21, a glance at GST's completion of 3 years tomorrow, here are the top news

Govt may add more districts under rural jobs scheme for migrant workers

The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan was launched June 20 to provide work for 125 days in 25 areas to migrant workers in 116 districts of six states

Covid-19: Shimla apple growers face labour crunch ahead of plucking season

Apple growers in Shimla say they are faced with a labour shortage ahead of the plucking season due to the Covid-19 pandemic and urged the government to provide respite to them.

After initial row, govt may expand list of districts under rural job scheme

Officials try to put to rest controversy over exclusion of West Bengal, other states from the list

PM Modi launches job scheme for migrants in UP: Highlights of his speech

About 12.5 million migrant workers are expected to benefit from the programme

Migrant labourers who returned to Uttar Pradesh find work under MNREGS

Migrant labourers who have returned to their native state from various parts of the country during lockdown, are being given work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Construction firms turn to apps in search of labour amid Covid-19 crisis

Many firms are now hiring local labour.

Adityanath directs officials to provide registration facility to migrant workers through mobile apps

The UP chief minister made the remark during a presentation on mobile applications 'Aabhaa-Aatmanirbhar Bharat' and 'Seva Mitr'

Kharif sowing: Labour shortage in Punjab, abundance in UP amid Covid-19

The first of a two-part series looks at the problems cultivators are facing during the pandemic

When devotion goes viral

But in 21st century India, religion, appears to get a carte blanche during Covid-19

COVID-19: Bring MNREGA-like scheme in urban areas to help unemployed, Gehlot tells Puri

Livelihoods of a large section of people in urban areas have been affected due to the pandemic, the Rajasthan CM said in a letter to Hardeep Singh Puri

Covid-19: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand yet to transfer cash to workers

So far, states have transferred around Rs 5,000 crore, which is merely 16 per cent of the total cess funds of Rs 31,000 crore accumulated through the collection of cess from employers.