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SC adjourns to July 24 hearing on PILs over 'miseries' of migrants laboure
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to July 24 hearing on a batch of public interest litigations (PILs) over the "miseries and difficulties" being faced by migrants labourers across the country following the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Migrants suffering due to coronavirus pandemic, lockdown: Mayawati
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Friday stressed upon the plight of migrants during the coronavirus times and said they are reeling under poverty due to rampant unemployment in the state.
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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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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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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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Returnee migrants to get employment in 160 railway infrastructure developm
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The migrant workers who returned to 116 districts of six states will get benefits under recently launched Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan as they will get employment in 160 railway infrastructure development works, said Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Boar
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Bhumi Pednekar helps migrants, underprivileged in this thoughtful manner
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Actor Bhumi Pednekar supported migrant labourers traveling long distances amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a rather unique way- by donating footwear to them.
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Sonia writes to PM Modi, urges Centre to extend free foodgrains to vulnera
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the government to extend the provision of free foodgrains for a period of three months till September 2020 for priority households, beneficiaries of Antyodaya Anna Yojana
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SC asks Centre, States to ensure compliance of order to transport migrants
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and States to ensure compliance of its June 9 order and transport all those migrant labourers wanting to go to their respective villages within the stipulated time period given by it.
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43,382 migrants sent home from Chandigarh through Shramik special trains
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India] 18 June (ANI): A total of 48,382 migrant workers have been sent to their native places, said the Chandigarh State Administration on Thursday, including 38,749 migrants who have been accommodated by the Shramik special trains and 4,633 by bus.
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Uttarakhand sanctions Rs 110 crore for self-employment opportunities for r
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has sanctioned Rs 110 crore for providing self-employment opportunities to migrant workers who have returned to the state in view of challenges posed COVID-19.
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India in talks with Foreign govts to mitigate economic consequences of COV
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Monday said that India has been engaged with foreign governments to ensure the welfare of prospective migrants and to mitigate the negative economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on talent abroad.
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