According to an official release, "This achievement highlights the social impact and the government's commitment to support unorganised workers across the country."
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Monday clashed with police as they 'gheraoed' District Magistrate's (DMs) office in Cooch Behar over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder.
BJP workers staged protests outside the SDO Office in Siliguri on Monday, demanding justice for the victim of a rape and murder incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and calling for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
RJD is holding a state-wide one-day sit-in protest with the demand for a nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
The government is committed to extending social security benefits to gig and platform workers, Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Mansukh Mandaviya, said on Sunday, chairing a review meeting in New Delhi.
BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj along with other BJP workers held a public rally against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday for failing to provide clean drinking water in the slums of Malviya Nagar, Delhi.
After a migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly beaten to death in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district over suspicions that he had eaten beef, police have increased security in the area to prevent further unrest or any untoward incident.