-The Indian Express Prime Minister demanded discipline and sacrifice from the people, while offering no measures to alleviate distress of those who have lost their dignity and livelihoods. Millions of Migrant Workers, and other vulnerable groups, have lost their livelihoods, income security, and sense of dignity in three short weeks. They knew that they were vulnerable to the virus, but for them, the cure of an extended lockdown is already worse than...
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Across India, workers complain that employers used lockdown to defraud them of wages they are owed -Rajiv Khandelwal
-Scroll.in It is imperative that this money is reclaimed and not treated as an unavoidable collateral loss in the fight against Covid-19. On March 25, my colleagues and I at the Aajeevika Bureau, which tries to address the economic and socio-legal problems of Migrant Workers in Gujarat and Rajasthan, woke up to dozens of messages of utter distress, both on our personal phones and on our toll-free Labour Line. Among the people who...
More »Calls for free ration grow as migrants fight hunger -Zia Haq, Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Saubhadra Chatterji
-Hindustan Times The Union government has allowed charities and states to buy extra stocks of federally held foodgrains at a reserve but cheaper-than-market price as several Migrant Workers battle a food crisis. New Delhi: The Union government has allowed charities and states to buy extra stocks of federally held foodgrains at a reserve but cheaper-than-market price as several Migrant Workers battle a food crisis. The federally run Food Corporation of India has reserved...
More »Will Migrant Workers and Their Grievances Always Be Invisible to the Public Eye? -Manish K. Jha and M. Ibrahim Wani
-TheWire.in The momentary attention to the migrant exodus was overshadowed by other spectacles that were easily perceived as communal, suited to deflect attention and which positioned the state as proactive. We live in a society that significantly values media spectacles. Spread of disease, risk of contagion, and the plight of migrant labourers become worthy of attention only when a spectacle is made. The representations of migrant’s transit and associated tribulation have emerged...
More »A blueprint to revive the economy -P Chidambaram & Praveen Chakravarty
-The Hindu A carefully crafted economic proposal for consideration of the Indian government to help our fellow citizens “We have no food, no home, no income. My children are starving,” cried Prachi to a TV anchor on April 14. Prachi, a Migrant Worker from Bihar, is one of the roughly 400 million workers in India who are dependent on daily wages for their survival. She has lost her source of livelihood because...
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