-The Hindu A year after lakhs of workers made their way back to their home States after the nationwide lockdown was announced in March 2020, their condition has not changed much. With State governments announcing lockdowns and curfews in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, Migrant Workers could once again be staring at loss of wages and lack of social protections, labour union leaders and activists said on Thursday. A year after lakhs...
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Covid-19 has pushed half of India’s poor away from nutritious food: report -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express The lack of a social safety net resulted in misery for workers, many of whom were suddenly left without means of transport. Women were at the receiving end of the restrictions with the report pointing out how 50 per cent of households surveyed reported that women were spending more time in cooking or fetching firewood than before. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the restrictions that followed has...
More »SC directs States to apprise it of migrant children, their condition
-PTI/ The Hindu SC Bench also asked all the states impleaded as parties in the case to file replies in the matter. The Supreme Court Tuesday directed all states to inform it about the number of migrant children and their condition on a plea seeking directions for the protection of their fundamental rights amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V...
More »Fearing Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Spike, Some Migrant Workers Begin Leaving Delhi
-NDTV.com With increasing coronavirus numbers the fear of imposition of lockdown has been making Migrant Workers anxious. New Delhi: Amidst the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital, some of the Migrant Workers have started returning to their native places in fear of imposition of lockdown. Some alone, with backpacks, while some with their families, Migrant Workers can be seen leaving for their home at ISBT, Anand Vihar, and other key...
More »Covid-19 Surge: Will India Witness A Second Exodus Of Migrant Labourers? -Lola Nayar
-Outlook India If talks of lockdown turn into reality and if it gets implemented for a month or more, then a reverse migration of daily wage labourers can be expected from impacted cities, say experts Mixed signals from some of the states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka among others is giving rise to concern that a repeat of last year’s exodus of migrant labourers during the extended lockdown would once again impact operations...
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