-ThePrint.in MIGrants from Hussaina village in Bihar’s Begusarai district admit they have faced hardships getting back home during the lockdown but will still vote for the PM. Begusarai: At the peak of the national lockdown in May, Kaushal Kumar and Ranjit Kumar were among 14 people, which included their families, who made the arduous trek from Gurgaon in Haryana to their native village of Hussaina in Bihar’s Begusarai district. The 14 braved the...
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Opinion on extended nationwide lockdown varies on caste, religious lines -Sobhana K Nair
-The Hindu While the view about the Narendra Modi government’s culpability differs, the anger against the Nitish Kumar government on lack of employment opportunities is all pervasive Purnia/ Kishanganj: Seven months on after lakhs of MIGrant workers returned to their homes, many on foot, following the announcement of sudden and extended nationwide lockdown, the narrative on the ground in Bihar is divided over religious and caste lines. There are no official figures on...
More »India's Internal MIGrants Are 'Stateless' in Their Own Country: Report
-TheWire.in A report by a Kathmandu-based organisation says that across South Asia, governments treat internal MIGrants as "human entities meant for profiteering by others". New Delhi: While India has brought in a legal provision under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) to fast-track the applications of non-Muslim refugees from three neighbouring countries, a recent report has called internal MIGrants in the country as “stateless without losing the state’s legal recognition”. The report, published by...
More »Project Lion could displace Maldharis within Gir to create ‘inviolate space’ -Ishan Kukreti
-Down to Earth The proposal seeks to relocate 2,500 families of the community from the Gir protected area within 10 years Maldharis, a traditional pastoral people found in and around the Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, MIGht end up being uprooted from their homes, if the Project Lion proposal takes shape, a Down To Earth (DTE) investigation has shown. The proposal, created by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the Gujarat...
More »Amid polls, festivals, MIGrants continue to leave Bihar -Avishek G Dastidar
-The Indian Express Railways has introduced clone trains to replicate services with a long waiting list. Out of the 40 such trains, around 24 are from stations in Bihar. Even as the Opposition in Bihar tries to make the plight of MIGrant workers an election issue, train passenger data shows high occupancy rates on routes connecting the state with destinations that rely heavily on MIGrant labour. The demand has been such that...
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