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Benefit Of Equal Pay & Holidays Are Granted To Daily Wage Employees Working Part-Time At HC Circuit Benches: Karnataka Govt Tells High Court
1 day, 10 hours ago

Benefit Of Equal Pay & Holidays Are Granted To Daily Wage Employees Working Part-Time At HC Circuit Benches: Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka Government informed the High Court that the benefit of general holidays and Government holidays as notified by the Court in the calendar is granted to the part-time daily wage manual workers working in the Benches of High Court at Dharwad and Kalaburagi. In the order dated 17.11.2021, the Court recorded the submission on the part of the advocate …

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Daily wage workers struggling as 100-day job scheme is delayed this year, says association
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Daily wage workers struggling as 100-day job scheme is delayed this year, says association

The Hindu  

The delay in commencing work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has adversely affected daily wage workers in rural areas of Karaikal. A. Backiyaraj, another daily wage worker from Nedungadu commune, said he too got only 70 days of work under the scheme last year. “We need 100 days of work as agricultural work is scarce and …

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Poverty drove many to die by suicide in AP
1 year, 1 month ago

Poverty drove many to die by suicide in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Poverty drove many poor persons to die by suicide in Andhra Pradesh in 2022, as per the NCRB report released this week. Andhra Pradesh recorded a suicide rate of 16.8 per cent with 8,908 persons ending their lives in 2022, registering an increase of 10.4 per cent compared to 2021, a year that recorded 8,067 suicides, NCRB data has …

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One-third of all 2022 suicides were of daily wage earners, farmers: NCRB report
1 year, 1 month ago

One-third of all 2022 suicides were of daily wage earners, farmers: NCRB report

The Hindu  

India reported a total of over 1.7 lakh suicides in 2022, nearly one-third of whom were daily wage earners, agricultural labourers, and farmers, according to the National Crime Record Bureau’s Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2022 report. The latest Crime in India report showed an overall increase in crimes and atrocities committed upon Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes persons, …

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More than 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in 2019-21: Govt
1 year, 11 months ago

More than 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in 2019-21: Govt

India TV News  

In a shocking revelation, Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said in Lok Sabha informed the Lok Sabha that a total of 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in the past three years-- from 2019-21. Quoting the scary data of the National Crime Records Bureau, Yadav on Monday said that a total of 32,563 daily wage workers died in 2019, …

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Kritika Kamra on industry facing financial setbacks: Daily wage workers are expected to take the brunt and I don’t think that’s fair
1 year, 11 months ago

Kritika Kamra on industry facing financial setbacks: Daily wage workers are expected to take the brunt and I don’t think that’s fair

Hindustan Times  

2022 has been a great year for actor Kritika Kamra, who is eying multiple releases in 2023. Even though we are going forward and good things are happening, I feel like it is being done differently than we would expect.” And one thing that she is not happy amid this transition is how the brunt of difficult times is being …

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[Kerala Education Rules] Service Against Two Different Vacancies Not 'Continuous' To Be Reckoned For Vacation Salary: High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

[Kerala Education Rules] Service Against Two Different Vacancies Not 'Continuous' To Be Reckoned For Vacation Salary: High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that for the purposes of claiming vacation salary, the teacher should have a continuous service of eight months in the vacancy which extends over summer vacation, as per Rule 49 of Chapter XIV-A of the Kerala Education Rules.The Court arrived at this finding while answering the pointed query as to whether service under …

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NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India
2 years, 3 months ago

NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:15 IST India has overtaken the United Kingdom to become the fifth largest economy in the world according to the IMF and is poised to be the fastest growing Asian economy next year according to Morgan Stanley. A total of 1,64,033 cases of suicide were reported to the police during 2021, up 7.2 per cent …

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Suicide is a Preventable Public Health Catastrophe; Together We Can Tame It - News18
2 years, 4 months ago

Suicide is a Preventable Public Health Catastrophe; Together We Can Tame It - News18

News 18  

Yesterday was the World Suicide Prevention Day. Also, against the earlier trend of one Indian dying by suicide every 4 minutes, as per 2021 NCRB data, the incidence of suicide has exacerbated to “one suicide death every three minutes”. The trend of abnormally high suicides in relatively lower age group in India, not only changes “our population dividend from boon …

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Inspiring! Son of daily wage labourer, daughter of vegetable seller cracks NEET
2 years, 4 months ago

Inspiring! Son of daily wage labourer, daughter of vegetable seller cracks NEET

India TV News  

The son of a daily-wage labourer and the daughter of a vegetable seller in Odisha have cracked the medical entrance examination NEET. Dalai, the son of a daily-wage labourer, wants to take admission also in any government medical college in the state. Dalai was also taking coaching in a private institute named Aryabhatta, run by academician Sudhir Rout, free of …

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Daily wage earners, self-employed, unemployed top categories dying by suicide in 2021
2 years, 4 months ago

Daily wage earners, self-employed, unemployed top categories dying by suicide in 2021

The Hindu  

Daily wage earners followed by self-employed persons, unemployed persons and people involved in farming sector were the top categories of people who have killed themselves in 2021, a COVID-19 pandemic year. “Out of total 1,18,979 male suicides, maximum suicides were committed by daily wage earners followed by self-employed persons and unemployed persons,” the report said. A total of 10,881 persons …

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45,026 females committed suicide in 2021, over half were housewives
2 years, 4 months ago

45,026 females committed suicide in 2021, over half were housewives

The Hindu  

As many as 45,026 females committed suicide in 2021 in the country of whom more than half were housewives. Majority of suicides committed by housewives were reported in Tamil Nadu followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra which accounted for 13.9 per cent, 13.2 per cent and 12.3 per cent of total such suicides during 2021 respectively. Widowed and widower, divorcees …

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Employees Eligible For Gratuity For Period Before Their Employment Is Regularised: Karnataka High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Employees Eligible For Gratuity For Period Before Their Employment Is Regularised: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an order passed by the Controlling Authority/ Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, which directed government bodies to pay gratuity amount claimed by former employees from the time they were employed as daily wage earners till their employment was regularised. Second contention is that respondent No.1 were employees within …

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The workers hit the hardest
2 years, 8 months ago

The workers hit the hardest

The Hindu  

According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy ’s Consumer Pyramids Household Survey, employment in India fell from 408.9 million in 2019-20 to 387.2 million in 2020-21 and then recovered to 401.8 million in 2021-22. The 7 million jobs lost over the two years since the COVID-19 outbreak is unevenly distributed, so it may be difficult to cover most of …

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India Lost More People to Suicide Than to Coronavirus in 2020, Shows NCRB Data
3 years, 2 months ago

India Lost More People to Suicide Than to Coronavirus in 2020, Shows NCRB Data

News 18  

Amid its fight against the pandemic in 2020, India lost more people to suicide than Covid-19, as per the latest report by National Crime Records Bureau. While illness was the most attributed cause behind suicide, daily wage workers made up the largest share of total suicides, shows NCRB data. A total of 37,666 daily wage workers died by suicide in …

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Latest claims of Rana Ayyub on her fundraising campaigns do not add up
3 years, 3 months ago

Latest claims of Rana Ayyub on her fundraising campaigns do not add up

Op India  

After the three fundraising campaigns run by journalist Rana Ayyub came under probe for violation of FCRA rules and non-utilisation of collection fund, Ayyub penned an article on Washington Post yesterday defending herself. Responding to the allegations that she has not utilised all the money she had collected in her fundraising campaigns, Rana Ayyub claimed that she had given a …

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Home in India, job in Bhutan: Border shutdown hits Assam workers
3 years, 5 months ago

Home in India, job in Bhutan: Border shutdown hits Assam workers

Al Jazeera  

COVID-enforced ban on entering Himalayan kingdom results in loss of livelihoods for hundreds of daily wage earners on the Indian side. Chirang, Assam, India – As they inch closer to the towering gate at the India-Bhutan border in northeast India’s Assam’s Chirang district, murky water resting still in crater-like potholes awaits truckers trying to enter the tiny Himalayan kingdom. “It’s …

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It is getting from bad to worse for women workers
3 years, 7 months ago

It is getting from bad to worse for women workers

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has destroyed millions of livelihoods and led to a sudden and large increase in poverty and a massive disruption of the labour market in India. In contrast, women had far fewer options — only 4% and 3% of formal salaried women moved into self employment and daily wage work, respectively. Married women and women from larger households …

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Aditya Chopra starts initiative to support daily wage earners of film industry
3 years, 8 months ago

Aditya Chopra starts initiative to support daily wage earners of film industry

India TV News  

In an effort to help industry workers deal with the second wave of Covid in Mumbai, filmmaker Aditya Chopra has launched the Yash Chopra Saathi Initiative. The initiative, named after Aditya's father, the late filmmaker Yash Chopra, aims at providing support to daily wage earners of the film industry. Yash Chopra Saathi Initiative is aiming to provide support to the …

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Public Library Run by Daily Wage Labourer Burnt By Miscreants in Mysuru, Leaves 11,000 Books to Ashes
3 years, 9 months ago

Public Library Run by Daily Wage Labourer Burnt By Miscreants in Mysuru, Leaves 11,000 Books to Ashes

News 18  

A public library run by a daily wage labourer in Mysuru was torched on Friday morning by miscreants leaving around 11,000 books to ashes. The incident took place at Rajiv Nagar in Udayagiri police station limits where Syed Issaq had set up a library in a tent like structure. 62-year-old Syed who is not formally educated, works as a daily …

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Assam Assembly polls | Pay revised wages to workers, Himanta tells tea companies
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly polls | Pay revised wages to workers, Himanta tells tea companies

The Hindu  

Assam Finance Minister and BJP’s chief poll strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday warned tea estate owners to pay daily wages to their workers at the revised rate or face the music. We revised it to ₹217 but a few tea garden owners went to the High Court against the revision in connivance with the Congress,” he told a crowd …

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Rohit Shetty to share his earnings from Khatron Ke Khiladi Made In India with daily wage workers
4 years, 5 months ago

Rohit Shetty to share his earnings from Khatron Ke Khiladi Made In India with daily wage workers

India Today  

Filmmaker Rohit Shetty will share a major portion of his remuneration from the new season of his reality show "Khatron Ke Khiladi" with daily wage workers. "@fwicemum & @DirectorsIFTDA thanks filmmaker #RohitShetty Ji from the core of their hearts for sharing major portion of his remuneration to support #JuniorArtistes #Backgrounddancers #Stuntmen #Lightmen etc.He is a true #Singham of our industry. …

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Akshay Kumar donates Rs 45 lakh to CINTAA to help distressed junior artists, daily wage workers
4 years, 7 months ago

Akshay Kumar donates Rs 45 lakh to CINTAA to help distressed junior artists, daily wage workers

India TV News  

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been significantly working on the forefront to help the daily wage workers who have been the most affected due to the escalating coronavirus pandemic. Recently, the actor has once again come forward and donated Rs 45 lakh to help 1500 members of Cine & TV Artistes’ Association for the distressed artists who are badly hit …

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Shah Rukh Khan, Salman to Sonu Sood, India's film biggies help with funds, medical supplies and food
4 years, 7 months ago

Shah Rukh Khan, Salman to Sonu Sood, India's film biggies help with funds, medical supplies and food

India TV News  

From Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan to Chiranjeevi and Prabhas, India’s film biggies are stepping forward to do their bit for migrants, daily wage workers, and those from their own industry facing joblessness and near starvation in an unprecedented pan-India lockdown. The grand-daddy of stars, Amitabh Bachchan, has pledged monthly rations to support 1,00,000 households of daily wage workers, …

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