-TheWire.in While most of the laws may not be strictly enforced, does that justify doing away with them completely? In the last week, several important labour laws, meant to safeguard the welfare of the workers and ensure industrial safety, have been “suspended” for a few years in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Although the orders put out by each state government have their own tweaks and variations, these decisions collectively come with...
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Delhi’s Food Scheme for the Poor is Better on Paper than on the Ground -Suchitra
-TheWire.in As gaping holes emerge in the Delhi Corona Sahayata Yojana, daily wage earners remain unpaid, hungry and helpless. New Delhi: A month ago, on April 7, Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde asked public interest lawyer Prashant Bhushan: “If they are being provided meals, then why do they need money for meals?” Bhushan had represented a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed jointly by civil rights activists Harsh Mander and Anjali Bharadwaj to...
More »COVID-19 Data in South Asia Shows India is Doing Worse than Its Neighbours -Deepankar Basu and Priyanka Srivastava
-TheWire.in In terms of the spread of the disease, Sri Lanka has the best position and India is the worst hit. Forty days into the epidemic, India has consistently recorded the highest cumulative and daily case count and highest death rate among the four largest SAARC countries. This is the first of a three-part analysis looking at the comparative performance of major South Asian nations in terms of managing the public health...
More »SC: Centre Refuses to Disclose Details of Train Fares Charged From Migrant Workers
-TheWire.in The government's secrecy around the issue assumes significance amidst a political row between the opposition parties and the Centre. New Delhi: In what appears to be a confirmation of the fact that the Centre was indeed making the home bound migrant labourers pay for their train journeys, the government on May 5 declined to share details of the ticket fares with the Supreme Court. During a hearing of social activist Jagdeep S....
More »COVID-19: Odisha Workers Stranded Because They Don’t Have Aadhaar -Rakhi Ghosh
-TheWire.in Migrant workers from Odisha tell The Wire they remain stranded because they don’t have Aadhar ID. Ironically, they missed out on Aadhar enrolment because they were away from their villages for work Bhubaneswar: Migrant workers hailing from Odisha, stranded in different parts of India since the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus began on March 25, 2020, were relieved when the state government announced plans for their...
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