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Sonu Sood donates 25,000 face shields to Maharashtra Police
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): After helping scores of stranded migrant labourers return to their native places amidst the coronavirus pandemic, actor Sonu Sood has now extended a helping hand towards the coronavirus warriors as he donated 25,000 face shields to Maharashtra Pol
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Plea in SC seeks extension of Atma Nirbhar Scheme for dry ration to strand
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the central government to extend the provision of dry rations to stranded migrant workers for at least one year under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan scheme.
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Indian Railways to generate 8 lakh man days of employment for migrants til
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Indian Railways Ministry on Tuesday said it will generate 8 lakh man-days employment in various infrastructure projects across six states till October 2020.
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HRD Ministry issues guidelines to states, UTs for education of migrant wor
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Ministry of Human Resources of Development (HRD) had issued guidelines to States/UTs for the education of children of migrant labourers on Tuesday.
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Unlock 2.0: Migrant workers returning back to resume work from their nativ
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Amid nationwide-relaxations of coronavirus-induced lockdown, migrant workers are returning back to the cities to resume work from their native states.
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CEIC Research explores the impact of lockdown on employment and migrants
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): India has a large working population, employed in both formal and informal sectors. The largest portion of the formal workforce is engaged in the agricultural sector, 42.4 per cent in 2019.
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SC pulls up Maharashtra govt on plight of migrant labourers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up Maharashtra government for filing an affidavit stating that all is fine in the state.
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Centre giving 40 pc under Ayushman Bharat, take whole credit: Mamata
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), July 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the central government will give only 40 per cent under the Ayushman Bharat scheme and take the "whole credit" while the state's Swasthya Sathi programme is providing 100 per cent help to t
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Union Cabinet approves development of affordable rental housing complexes
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the development of affordable rental housing complexes (AHRCs) for urban migrants or poor as a sub-scheme under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U).
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RSS affiliates engage in skill mapping of returnee workers to aid govt in
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh affiliates are conducting independent skill mapping survey of migrant workers returning to their states amid the coronavirus induced lockdown, in an effort to aid the government to provide jobs for them.
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Provide free ration to all persons with disabilities: PIL in Delhi HC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to Centre (Department of Food & Public Distribution) to direct all State Government and UTs under Section 38 of National Food Security Act to provide food grains f
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Migrant workers return to work in Delhi as Unlock 2 takes effect
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 6, (ANI): With Unlock-2 enforced across the country since July 1, a number of migrant workers are returning to work in the national capital.
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