New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central government on a petition seeking immediate direction for the payment of basic minimum wages to migrant workers, adversely affected by the COVID-19 lockdown.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 2 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that the government is taking the responsibility of all migrant workers in the state and promised them to provide all facilities, including food and medical facilities amid the nationwide lo
Chandigarh [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday assured Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi that the state did not have an issue with the migrant workers in the light of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government is ensuring the supply of essential commodities to the migrant workers housed in various shelter homes in the backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak.
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Amid movement of migrant workers during the coronavirus pandemic, Preeti Sudan, Secretary at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has written to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union territories asking them to assure redressal of migrant labourers grievan
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Delhi Police on Wednesday registered a FIR against 44 DTC bus drivers for carrying migrant workers on buses meant for essential services on March 29.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 1 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday inspected arrangements at a shelter home which has been set up for the migrant workers amid the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): Several migrant workers and daily wage labourers were forced to wait outside the Sarvodaya Co-ed Senior Secondary School in Patparganj as they were told that the "shelter home is full", here on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday drew the attention of the government towards the plight of migrant workers and criticised it of taking the decision of lockdown without making proper necessary arrangements for the poor.
Siddipet (Telangana) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): In the first phase of a camp set up by the State government, Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday distributed 12 kg rice and Rs 500 in cash to migrant workers in Siddipet.
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Migrants trying to reach their native places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have become the geese that lay golden eggs for truck drivers who are asking for a bomb to carry them to their destinations.
Narayanpet (Telangana) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Congress MLA Chittem Ram Mohan Reddy on Tuesday launched a drive to help migrant workers in Narayanpet district during the lockdown and distributed 12 kg rice among them. He also distributed 100 masks.