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, …
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said no migrant from the six non-Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh “will become Indian citizen automatically.” A migrant should apply online and the competent authority would see whether he or she fulfiled all the qualifications for registration or naturalisation as Indian citizen, a senior MHA official said. It only provides a …
As many as 5.45 million Indians had moved from their district of birth to another district in the pursuit of education, according to Census 2011. Of these, only three districts make up a major metro: Bengaluru, Pune and Mumbai Suburban, the first two being the only districts to which more than 100,000 people migrated. Of the 14 districts in Andhra …
