-TheWire.in Despite the Indian Railways confirming that at least 80 deaths were recorded on Shramik Special trains, the Centre refused to disclose this data in parliament. New Delhi: During the on-going parliament proceedings that began on Monday for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown was announced, 10 Lok Sabha MPs have posed questions related to the deaths of migrant workers. In question 174 (a and b), details were sought regarding the migrant...
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Job data hard to gulp? Shut eyes -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy has estimated the loss of 21 million salaried jobs between April and August, weeks after suggesting that 18.9 million salaried jobs were lost between April and July The Centre has said it does not accept survey data provided by “non-government agencies”, the assertion coming at a time independent agencies have reported enormous job losses in the country while the government has sat tight on...
More »No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation, Says Government: 10 Points -Sunil Prabhu
-NDTV Parliament Session: The ministry, however, admitted that more than 1 crore migrants made their way back to their home states from various corners of the country. New Delhi: There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in...
More »Code on Wages May be Implemented by September, Draft Rules Circulated
-Newsclick.in/ PTI The Labour Ministry has already put the draft rules issued on July 7 in the official gazette. The code subsumes 4 labour laws and is being opposed by trade unions. New Delhi: The Code on Wages, 2019, the first law under ‘labour reforms’, is likely to be implemented by September as the Ministry of Labour and Employment has put draft rules of the law in public domain for feedback, a...
More »Opposition attacks Modi govt's new labour law, calls it a fraud on workers -Krishnanand Tripathi
-The Financial Express Labour Laws: The new code proposes to merge four laws but it has come under criticism from the opposition. The Code on Wages, 2019: The Opposition has come down heavily the Code on Wages, 2019 introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, terming it anti-worker. The legislation introduced by labour minister Santosh Gangwar leaves fixing of minimum wages to state governments instead of recommending a national minimum wage. The...
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