Migrant workers issue: SC asks states for detailed records
4 years, 5 months ago

Migrant workers issue: SC asks states for detailed records

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the states and Union Territories to file affidavits within three weeks giving details of the "mode and manner" in which records are being maintained about migrant labourers, who have reached their native places due to COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown. The apex court said despite its June 9 order directing the states and UTs to transport all stranded workers by trains or other modes within 15 days, there are still migrant workers who are stranded in different states including Maharashtra. It appears that in spite of steps taken by the states including state of Maharashtra, there are still migrant workers stranded in different states including state of Maharashtra," the bench noted in its order. The apex court said in its last month’s order, it had referred to three enactments -- Inter­State Migrant Workmen Act 1979, Construction Workers Act 1996 and Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008.

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Migrant Workers Case : SC Pulls Up Delhi & Maharashtra For Not Filing Affidavit Showing Compliance Of Welfare Statutes [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Migrant Workers Case : SC Pulls Up Delhi & Maharashtra For Not Filing Affidavit Showing Compliance Of Welfare Statutes [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the State Governments of Maharashtra and NCT of Delhi for not filing affidavits regarding the implementation of statutes for the welfare of migrant workers in compliance with its July 31 Order. The Court had also taken note of the non-compliance of states and UTs with directions laid down in its June 9 order …

Empty Shramik Specials trains led to a loss of ₹42 lakh: Maharashtra govt
4 years, 5 months ago

Empty Shramik Specials trains led to a loss of ₹42 lakh: Maharashtra govt

Live Mint  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it incurred a loss of around ₹42 lakh as most of the Shramik Special trains arranged in the last month to ferry stranded migrant workers to their native states amid the COVID-19 pandemic went empty. Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, appearing for the state government, told a division bench of …

SC Grants 3 More Weeks To States/UTs For Providing Requisite Details Of Migrant Workers Back To Native Places
4 years, 5 months ago

SC Grants 3 More Weeks To States/UTs For Providing Requisite Details Of Migrant Workers Back To Native Places

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted three more weeks to States/Union Territories to bring on record details of migrants workers back to their native places vis-à-vis their skill, earlier place and nature of employment in compliance with its June 9 order. Further to this, the noted that inspite of steps taken by states and UTs in terms of the Top …

Does The State Want To Help Migrant Workers Go Back To Their Home States?, Karnataka HC Asks
4 years, 6 months ago

Does The State Want To Help Migrant Workers Go Back To Their Home States?, Karnataka HC Asks

Live Law  

"Does the state want to help migrant workers who are registered on the seva sindhu portal to travel back to their home states? A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice B V Nagarathna directed the state to clarify whether state government wants to lend a helping hand to those migrant workers who want to go back to …

Mystery shrouds migrant numbers
4 years, 6 months ago

Mystery shrouds migrant numbers

Live Mint  

There is little clarity on the number of state-wise returnees and on the migrant population who stayed back at their workplaces, more than two months after the reverse migration of India’s floating workforce began from across the country. “At least 4 million inter-state workers are still stuck,” said Amitabh Kundu, a fellow at Delhi-based think tank Research and Information System …

SC Asks Maharashtra To Make "More Vigilant & Concerted" Efforts In Identifying Stranded Migrant Workers
4 years, 7 months ago

SC Asks Maharashtra To Make "More Vigilant & Concerted" Efforts In Identifying Stranded Migrant Workers

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Maharashtra to be more vigilant and make concerted effort in identifying and sending stranded migrant workers to their native places.The Court also observed that there were "huge lapses" by the Maharashtra authorities in dealing with the issue and that "most of the claims are only on paper causing great miseries and hardship to the …

Supreme Court says all migrant labourers must be sent back in 15 days, Centre must give trains in 24 hours of demand
4 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court says all migrant labourers must be sent back in 15 days, Centre must give trains in 24 hours of demand

India Today  

Supreme Court has said all migrant labourers stranded away from home with no work must be transported back to their home states within 15 days. The Supreme Court, while hearing a PIL on the plight of migrant labourers across the country said the Centre must provide additional trains to states within 24 hours of demand. The bench of Supreme Court …

With Maharashtra and Gujarat at loggerheads over procedures, 5,000 Gujarati workers languish in Mumbai waiting to go home
4 years, 7 months ago

With Maharashtra and Gujarat at loggerheads over procedures, 5,000 Gujarati workers languish in Mumbai waiting to go home

Firstpost  

The success of transporting migrant workers from one state to another depends on the coordination between two concerned states. Lakshman Patel, a social activist based in Navi Mumbai, said he helped the government of Maharashtra put together a list of Gujarati workers wanting to go home. But based on the availability of coaches, Maharashtra should be able to send the …

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