Data | Who are the most vulnerable to the lockdown among urban dwellers
4 years, 9 months ago

Data | Who are the most vulnerable to the lockdown among urban dwellers

The Hindu  

The COVID-19-related lockdown may have an immediate impact on close to 2.5 crore people in vulnerable jobs across India, an estimate from the latest Period Labour Force Survey suggests. Workers without any benefits image/svg+xml Workers % share Total workers Not eligible for paid leave 52.8 94,25,207 With no security benefit* 47.7 85,14,817 With no written contract 72.4 1,29,23,958 *PF/ pension, gratuity, health care and maternity benefit Migrant workers Close to 81 lakh migrant workers in urban areas who were either illiterate or had studied upto 12th grade could be among those with vulnerable jobs. Elderly migrant workers image/svg+xml Last place of residence All ages 60+ A rural place within a State 30,07,995 1,59,167 Urban place within a State 19,01,157 1,30,348 A rural place outside a State 23,90,630 51,792 Urban place outside a State 8,56,376 37,803 Total 81,56,158 3,79,110 State-wise vulnerable migrants Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu host most such migrants. State-wise split image/svg+xml 1,00010,0001,00,000 Number of such migrants Number of such migrants aged 60+ 10,00,000 1,00,000 50,000 20,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000 500 200 100 Maharashtra T.N.

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Despite India's economic growth, few jobs and meagre pay for urban youth
1 year, 11 months ago

Despite India's economic growth, few jobs and meagre pay for urban youth

The Hindu  

Ravi Verma, hired by an electrical parts manufacturing firm early last year as India’s economy surged, was fired in November when the company lost several export orders. “I face a risk of loan default if I don’t get a job soon.” The urban unemployment rate swelled to 10.1% in December, although the total number of jobs in India touched a …

A retelling of the Indian migrant worker’s plight
2 years ago

A retelling of the Indian migrant worker’s plight

The Hindu  

This year, International Migrants Day must be seen in the backdrop of unprecedented volatility that began in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data on migration According to the International Organization of Migration ’s World Migration Report 2022, there were 281 million international migrants globally in 2020, with nearly two-thirds being labour migrants. In the winter session of …

Two years since lockdown, migrant workers face wage loss: rights groups
2 years, 9 months ago

Two years since lockdown, migrant workers face wage loss: rights groups

The Hindu  

Two years since the first national lockdown was announced on March 24, 2020 to curb COVID-19 transmission, leading to exodus of migrant workers from cities, rights groups said on Thursday that unorganised sector workers were facing loss of wages and lack of protection. In a statement, the Working People’s Coalition, which includes 162 groups advocating for workers, said it wanted …

Long after COVID lockdowns, India’s youth struggle to find work
2 years, 11 months ago

Long after COVID lockdowns, India’s youth struggle to find work

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 36 million Indians aged 18-29 were unemployed in 2021, while many others have settled for less well-paying jobs. The pandemic just exacerbated the job losses.” India is currently grappling with a third wave of infections fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant, with nearly 1.75 million active cases as of February 2. “India cannot afford total lockdown or …

As Covid Cases Surge in Delhi, Migrant Workers Fear Another Lockdown, Loss of Livelihood
3 years ago

As Covid Cases Surge in Delhi, Migrant Workers Fear Another Lockdown, Loss of Livelihood

News 18  

With a surge in coronavirus cases in Delhi and its neighbouring cities, migrant workers and daily wagers fear another round of lockdown could push them into a severe financial crisis from which they might never recover. “There is no lockdown in Delhi, and construction work will continue as usual; there is no reason for labourers and migrant workers to be …

How Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh govt tested, tracked, treated and tackled COVID pandemic, read what IIT study says
3 years, 2 months ago

How Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh govt tested, tracked, treated and tackled COVID pandemic, read what IIT study says

Op India  

On October 11, a team of professors led by Prof Manindra Aggarwal of IIT Kanpur released a study on Uttar Pradesh government’s successful model to manage Covid-19. Source: IIT Kanpur To ensure migrant workers get healthcare and the state prevents any further outbreaks, multiple testing facilities and testing kiosks were established across the state. The state rapidly augmented health infrastructure, …

Data | Urban workers hit the most during national COVID-19 lockdown
3 years, 5 months ago

Data | Urban workers hit the most during national COVID-19 lockdown

The Hindu  

The Periodic Labour Force Survey data show that the amount of work available for workers in India reduced substantially in the period coinciding with the national lockdown during the first COVID-19 wave. Urban workers The bar graph shows the share of urban workers distributed across the number of hours they worked a week in April-June 2020 and April-June 2019. The …

Indians prefer job guarantee over everything else. This is the top reason
3 years, 6 months ago

Indians prefer job guarantee over everything else. This is the top reason

Live Mint  

A majority of urban Indians left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic want the government to guarantee them jobs like it does for people in rural areas, says a study by the London School of Economics. An overwhelming 82% of respondents surveyed for the report ‘City of dreams no more, a year on: worklessness and active labour market policies in urban …

India's daily Covid-19 cases and deaths drop to 100,636 and 2427; tally nears 29 million
3 years, 7 months ago

India's daily Covid-19 cases and deaths drop to 100,636 and 2427; tally nears 29 million

Hindustan Times  

India's daily caseload of the coronavirus disease declined for a third straight day, as 100,636 infections -- the lowest in 61 days -- were detected in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare data, updated on Monday morning, showed. A health worker conducting a Covid-19 test on a woman Also, 2427 people succumbed to Covid-19 …

NHRC issues more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid COVID-19 second wave
3 years, 7 months ago

NHRC issues more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid COVID-19 second wave

India TV News  

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 NHRC, keeping in view the adverse effects of the pandemic on different sections of society, has issued three more advisories to the Centre, …

Effects Of Covid-19 Lockdown On Sex Workers In India: An Empirical Study
3 years, 7 months ago

Effects Of Covid-19 Lockdown On Sex Workers In India: An Empirical Study

Live Law  

"If nobody wants to sell sex, it is a crime to force anyone to do so. According to PITA "pimping, organizing brothels, and forceful sex work of teenage girls amounts to prostitution" whereas, these red-light areas operate as independent houses of sex workers who are willingly engaged in this profession. Recent Cases of Police Brutality on Sex-Workers: The Legal Conundrum …

Migrant labourers suffer as states impose partial Covid lockdowns
3 years, 7 months ago

Migrant labourers suffer as states impose partial Covid lockdowns

India Today  

The partial and weekend lockdowns have resulted in yet another exodus of migrant labourers from the industrial areas of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. MIGRANT LABOURERS RETURN HOME Labourers who worked in fields and industries besides big construction sites and have started moving towards villages in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Jharkhand. PUNJAB INDUSTRIALISTS FEAR LOSSES AS LABOURERS LEAVE INDUSTRIAL HUBS Partial …

Migrant workers vulnerable again, say activists
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrant workers vulnerable again, say activists

The Hindu  

With State governments announcing lockdowns and curfews in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, migrant workers could once again be staring at loss of wages and lack of social protections, labour union leaders and activists said on Thursday. After the lockdown last year, many of these workers could not get back their jobs as the contractors who hired them did …

India’s migrants flee to their villages as covid-19 prompts new lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

India’s migrants flee to their villages as covid-19 prompts new lockdown

Live Mint  

As Covid-19 roars back in India, migrant workers who had just started to resettle in the cities they left during last year’s outbreak are packing up to return to their villages again. “People are trying to get out because they’re worried the government will stop the trains again.” Lalit Singh, who works in a factory cutting tiles, got stuck in …

Unemployment rate rises as Covid-19 returns to haunt Indian economy
3 years, 8 months ago

Unemployment rate rises as Covid-19 returns to haunt Indian economy

India Today  

Fresh restrictions imposed in different parts of the country due to the second Covid-19 wave could lead to job losses, similar to what was witnessed in 2020. The unemployment rate touched 8.6 per cent for the week ending April 11, from just 6.7 per cent two weeks ago, according to fresh data released by CMIE. Read | Covid-19: Over 9 …

'Will have no option but to die': Migrants in Delhi fear another lockdown amid surge in Covid-19 cases
3 years, 9 months ago

'Will have no option but to die': Migrants in Delhi fear another lockdown amid surge in Covid-19 cases

India Today  

As India reported a rise in Covid-19 cases, it is the migrant workers who are yet again staring at an uncertain future with several states announcing fresh set of restrictions. Though Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ruled out the possibility of a lockdown stating that new restrictions will be implemented soon, many migrants in the city are living under the …

Migrant workers returning home from Mumbai in packed trains due to Covid-19 restrictions
3 years, 9 months ago

Migrant workers returning home from Mumbai in packed trains due to Covid-19 restrictions

India TV News  

Amid a massive spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, migrant workers have started returning to their native states fearing another complete lockdown that could be imposed by the government. News agency ANI reported that heavy rush is being seen at several Mumbai railway stations where migrants workers are making a beeling to catch trains for their hometown. A migrant worker …

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown

India Today  

As India witnesses a resurgence in Covid 19 cases, it is the migrant workers who are staring at an uncertain future with several states announcing night curfews and weekend lockdowns. In Delhi, many migrant workers were seen leaving for their home states from the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal. Besides Delhi, many migrant labourers in Mumbai were Several states including Maharashtra, …

Cities begin to see an exodus of migrant workers
3 years, 9 months ago

Cities begin to see an exodus of migrant workers

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Hundreds of migrant workers are fleeing Indian cities as new restrictions in some states to contain the pandemic have stoked fears that they will be left jobless again. While the reverse migration from cities and industrial centres is still a trickle, companies fear another mass exodus, like the one last year, will trigger a shortage of workers …

News 18 Afternoon Digest: India Crosses Grim Milestone of 1 Lakh Daily Covid-19 Cases for First Time; Afraid of a Second Complete Lockdown, Migrant Workers Leave Mumbai for Their Hometowns and Other S
3 years, 9 months ago

News 18 Afternoon Digest: India Crosses Grim Milestone of 1 Lakh Daily Covid-19 Cases for First Time; Afraid of a Second Complete Lockdown, Migrant Workers Leave Mumbai for Their Hometowns and Other S

News 18  

India Crosses Grim Milestone of 1 Lakh Daily Covid-19 Cases for First Time India recorded an all-time high of 1,03,558 coronavirus infections in a day, pushing the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,25,89,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. Afraid of a Second Complete Lockdown, Migrant Workers Leave Mumbai for Their Hometowns After being put through a …

A year of pandemic: Most labourers back in Delhi-NCR but struggling to make ends meet
3 years, 9 months ago

A year of pandemic: Most labourers back in Delhi-NCR but struggling to make ends meet

India Today  

Most of the labourers who went back home during the Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown have returned to the National Capital Region in search of livelihood. It has been a couple of months since we have returned, but now it’s hard to find a job," said Harihar Yadav, a daily wager who was waiting at Labour Chowk. At the labourer camps near …

Migrant workers face debt, job loss and separation from families
3 years, 9 months ago

Migrant workers face debt, job loss and separation from families

The Hindu  

Construction sites, industrial clusters, markets and homes in the National Capital Region are abuzz with activity, but for the migrant workers who make a living in these spaces, life is far from normal a year after the country was locked down to curb the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020. Alsio read:Coronavirus lockdown | Migrant workers should not be prosecuted, …

18 million Indians will switch careers by 2030 due to covid-19
3 years, 10 months ago

18 million Indians will switch careers by 2030 due to covid-19

Live Mint  

The pandemic has changed our relationship with work irrevocably—we know this but a new study estimated that 18 million workers in India will change their occupation in the next decade, all because of the novel coronavirus. Worldwide, about 100 million workers may need to shift from their current occupation in the next decade due to the impact of covid-19, states …

COVID-19 pandemic will force 1.8 crore Indians to find a new occupation by 2030, says McKinsey report
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic will force 1.8 crore Indians to find a new occupation by 2030, says McKinsey report

Firstpost  

Mumbai: COVID-19 will have a lasting impact on labour markets, and as much as 18 million Indian workers will be forced to switch to a newer occupation by 2030 because of the pandemic, a report said on Friday. The impact will be “disproportionately” felt on low-wage workers in retail, food services, hospitality, and office administration, the report by McKinsey Global …

COVID-19 pandemic will force 18 million Indians to find a new occupation by 2030: Report
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic will force 18 million Indians to find a new occupation by 2030: Report

India TV News  

COVID-19 will have a lasting impact on labour markets, and as much as 18 million Indian workers will be forced to switch to a newer occupation by 2030 because of the pandemic, a report said on Friday. The impact will be "disproportionately" felt on low-wage workers in retail, food services, hospitality, and office administration, the report by McKinsey Global Institute, …

80% of India's informal workers lost jobs during COVID lockdown, 63% survived on two meals a day, shows data
3 years, 11 months ago

80% of India's informal workers lost jobs during COVID lockdown, 63% survived on two meals a day, shows data

Firstpost  

Government needs to take action regarding job security, social security benefits, food security, health benefits, and safety in the informal sector in such a way that it not only manages the current crisis, but also immunises the sector from future shocks The nationwide lockdown announced on 24 March, 2020, mandated the suspension of all services and establishments with relaxations to …

Bihar Elections: For angry electorate of returning migrant workers, NREGA offers little succour
4 years, 2 months ago

Bihar Elections: For angry electorate of returning migrant workers, NREGA offers little succour

Firstpost  

Editor’s Note: By June 2020, at least 32 lakh migrant workers returned to Bihar, driven home by the pandemic. People’s Action for Employment Guarantee, an independent body working on NREGA since 2004, tracked the progress of the Act in Bihar between July and August to provide some broad statistics from the NREGA Management Information System, such as the number of …

Construction workers hesistant to return to Delhi, fear another sudden lockdown and arduous journey back home
4 years, 3 months ago

Construction workers hesistant to return to Delhi, fear another sudden lockdown and arduous journey back home

Firstpost  

Though there is some construction activity at developmental projects abandoned after the lockdown, contractors say the guidelines about reduced workforce and social distancing has halted most activity Punkaj Bajaj, who retired as CEO and MD of Steel Authority of India’s Durgapur Steel Plant, thought he had all the time to finish the renovation work of his two bedroom apartment ahead …

Over 1 crore migrant labourers return to home states on foot during Mar-Jun: Govt
4 years, 3 months ago

Over 1 crore migrant labourers return to home states on foot during Mar-Jun: Govt

The Hindu  

More than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June 2020, including those who travelled during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, the government said on Tuesday. As per the data compiled by Ministry of Labour and Employment, more than 1.06 crore migrant workers, including those who travelled on foot during the lockdown, returned to their home …

Less than 34,000 inter-State migrant workers in 2019-20, says government
4 years, 3 months ago

Less than 34,000 inter-State migrant workers in 2019-20, says government

The Hindu  

In the last five years, there have been no inter-State migrant workers registered in the Delhi, Dehradun or Patna regions. Nationwide, there were less than 34,000 workers registered in 2019-20 under the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979, according to a response to a recent Right to Information Act request. In response to another recent RTI request, the Indian Railways said …

Centre, in Parliament's Monsoon Session, says no data available on death of migrant workers during lockdown
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre, in Parliament's Monsoon Session, says no data available on death of migrant workers during lockdown

Firstpost  

Responding to a question, Union minister Santosh Gangwar said the Central government has taken numerous measures to provide migrant labourers with financial assistance, food packages and other benefits New Delhi: The government does not have data regarding the number of migrants who died or were injured during migration to their native places due to the lockdown, Union minister Santosh Gangwar …

Govt. has no data of migrant workers’ death, loss of job
4 years, 3 months ago

Govt. has no data of migrant workers’ death, loss of job

The Hindu  

September 14, 2020 05:28 pm | Updated 05:28 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Ministry of Labour and Employment did not have any data of migrant workers who lost their jobs and their lives during the COVID-19 lockdown, Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Monday informed the Lok Sabha through written replies to several members’ questions The Minister told the House …

Centre Says No Data Kept on Migrant Deaths During Lockdown, No Question of Giving Compensation
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Says No Data Kept on Migrant Deaths During Lockdown, No Question of Giving Compensation

News 18  

No data has been maintained by the government on the number of migrant deaths that occurred due to restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 lockdown initiated on March 25, the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment informed the Parliament during the Monsoon Session on Monday. “India, as a nation, has responded through the Central and state governments, local bodies, self-help groups, …

No data on deaths, job losses among migrant workers during lockdown: Government
4 years, 3 months ago

No data on deaths, job losses among migrant workers during lockdown: Government

India Today  

The Government of India on Monday told Parliament that there is no data available on the deaths and job losses among migrant workers due to the imposition of lockdown during coronavirus pandemic. When asked if the government failed to assess problems faced by migrant labourers during the lockdown, it said, "India, as a nation, has responded through the central government, …

Unemployment Rate in India Rose to 8.4% in August 2020: CMIE
4 years, 4 months ago

Unemployment Rate in India Rose to 8.4% in August 2020: CMIE

The Quint  

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in the country and the nationwide lockdown implemented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, millions of lives and livelihoods have come under threat. The informal labour force has been effectively rendered jobless and for many, their survival is based on the government's flagship jobs scheme, MGNREGA, under which every household is entitled to at …

India’s Gen Z risks getting left out of formal jobs: London School of Economics study
4 years, 4 months ago

India’s Gen Z risks getting left out of formal jobs: London School of Economics study

Live Mint  

India has been struggling with an unemployment problem and the coronavirus pandemic is making it even more difficult for its youngest workers to earn a decent living, shows an analysis by the London School of Economics. Workers in cities in the age group of 18 to 25 years were already much less likely to be in formal jobs and more …

India's Gen Z is Being Left Out of Formal Jobs and is Least Paid, Finds LSE Study
4 years, 4 months ago

India's Gen Z is Being Left Out of Formal Jobs and is Least Paid, Finds LSE Study

News 18  

India’s economy had officially entered recession, as released data on Monday showed a collapse of 23.9 per cent of gross domestic product in the second quarter. The National Statistical Office said GDP contraction in the April-June period of FY21 was the largest slump on record since India started reporting quarterly data in 1996. A report conducted by London School of …

Salary Cuts & Layoffs! Survey Shows Coronavirus Lockdown Severely Impacted Work-Life Balance Of People
4 years, 4 months ago

Salary Cuts & Layoffs! Survey Shows Coronavirus Lockdown Severely Impacted Work-Life Balance Of People

ABP News  

As India continues to reel under the Coronavirus pandemic, a new survey reveals that the lockdown imposed to contain the virus has drastically affected work-life balance of several people owing to salary cuts and layoff. The survey conducted by online by human resource solutions provider Genius Consultants during April-June, stated that nearly 50 per cent of respondents believe that coronavirus-related …

Differential impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

Differential impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown

The Hindu  

In his book, The Great Leveler, Walter Scheidel, the Austrian economic historian, argues that throughout human history, there have been four types of catastrophic events that have led to greater economic equality: pandemic, war, revolution and state collapse. The risks extend beyond mortality as the economic consequences of the current pandemic are likely to be most concentrated among the low …

Despite Facing Hardships, Survey Shows Rural India Satisfied with Govt's Handling of Covid-19 Crisis
4 years, 5 months ago

Despite Facing Hardships, Survey Shows Rural India Satisfied with Govt's Handling of Covid-19 Crisis

News 18  

Despite suffering from severe distress caused by the Covid-19 induced lockdown, more than 74% people in rural areas across 23 states have expressed satisfaction with the handling of the crisis by the Union government, a survey conducted by Gaon Connection and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies has found. “We wanted to measure the extent of hardships people faced …

Covid-19 Impact: 21% Rural Households Ready to Send Children to Work after Lockdown
4 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 Impact: 21% Rural Households Ready to Send Children to Work after Lockdown

News 18  

On March 24 when India went into a total lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, thousands of migrant labourers across the country lost their source of livelihood. Now that the lockdown is over and economic activities have sporadically started with several states across India diluting labour laws, children seem to be at the highest risk. The report, titled, "A …

Six Ex-Civil Servants Move SC Seeking Inquiry By Judicial Commission Into Centre's "Gross Mismanagement" Of COVID-19 & Lockdown [Read Petition]
4 years, 5 months ago

Six Ex-Civil Servants Move SC Seeking Inquiry By Judicial Commission Into Centre's "Gross Mismanagement" Of COVID-19 & Lockdown [Read Petition]

Live Law  

Six retired bureaucrats have moved the Supreme Court through Advocate Prashant Bhushan, seeking an independent inquiry by a Commission appointed under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, into the Central Government's "gross mismanagement" of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Filed by retired bureaucrats KP Fabian, MG Devasahayam, Meena Gupta, Somasundar Burra, Amit Bhaduri, and Madhu Bhaduri, the plea conveys that …

Virus crisis has compounded vulnerabilities faced by poor
4 years, 5 months ago

Virus crisis has compounded vulnerabilities faced by poor

Live Mint  

The covid-19 crisis has compounded the vulnerabilities faced by migrants and the urban poor and made the elderly more vulnerable to health shocks, said the India Voluntary National Review 2020 report released by NITI Aayog on Monday. The covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown of economic activities has further impacted the situation of migrant labour,” said the report that presented India’s second VNR …

Create infrastructure in UP, Bihar to decongest Mumbai: Shiv Sena
4 years, 6 months ago

Create infrastructure in UP, Bihar to decongest Mumbai: Shiv Sena

Live Mint  

The Shiv Sena on Monday hit out at Union minister Nitin Gadkari's remarks on the need to decongest Mumbai, saying if smart cities like Mumbai and Pune are created in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the population density of the country's financial capital will naturally come down. An editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' claimed that nearly 1.50 lakh migrant labourers, who …

After turning their backs during lockdown, cities now want migrant workers back
4 years, 6 months ago

After turning their backs during lockdown, cities now want migrant workers back

The Hindu  

Until the novel coronavirus outbreak and the consequent lockdown imposed by the government to curb its spread, migrant workers lived hidden from the public gaze in the Garden City of India. Can’t we just go back to our own home?” On May 6, the Karnataka government decided to cancel all the Shramik special trains that it had scheduled to take …

Lockdown: 22% workers lost jobs in 4 states
4 years, 6 months ago

Lockdown: 22% workers lost jobs in 4 states

Live Mint  

Researchers have found that 22 per cent workers lost their jobs and 31 per cent faced partial unemployment amid the lockdown in three north Indian states. They depicted that due to lockdown, 22 per cent workers lost their jobs and 31 per cent have had to face partial unemployment, which means they have either had to leave other side businesses …

Covid-19: Data reinforces socially disadvantaged groups most hit by loss of jobs
4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Data reinforces socially disadvantaged groups most hit by loss of jobs

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: The economic crisis that has accompanied the covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented. Experts believe that the worst hit by disappearing jobs will the socially weaker sections, especially people belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. While India’s unemployment rate in 2018-19 declined to 5.8% from 6.1% in the preceding year, data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey shows that …

Coronavirus lockdown | 26 lakh migrant workers in halfway houses, says official data
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | 26 lakh migrant workers in halfway houses, says official data

The Hindu  

The Chief Labour Commissioner’s office has counted over 26 lakh migrant workers stranded across the country, of which 10% are in relief camps or shelter homes, while 43% are in situ at workplaces and 46% are in other clusters. On April 8, even as the first wave of workers was leaving the cities due to the lockdown, CLC Rajan Verma …

Migrant workers: The emergence of invisible India
4 years, 7 months ago

Migrant workers: The emergence of invisible India

Hindustan Times  

We are living in challenging times brought on by the coronavirus diseases. A country of over 1.3 billion people was locked down, at four hours’ notice, ignoring the needs of the poorest and migrant workers. Workers with an identity document from another state should be allowed to access all government schemes and facilities of the central government or of the …

India cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases rise
4 years, 7 months ago

India cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases rise

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — More states opened up and crowds of commuters trickled onto the roads in many of India’s cities on Monday as a three-phase plan to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown began despite an upward trend in new infections. In Prayagraj, a city in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, hundreds of Hindu devotees took a dip in the sacred …

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