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One lakh tonnes of free food grain distributed so far under PMGKAY

-The Hindu In the first 10 days, grains have reached 2.03 crore of 80 crore beneficiaries: Food Ministry Out of the 40 lakh tonnes of free food grain promised under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for May, one lakh tonnes have been distributed so far, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday. In the first 10 days, PMGKAY grains have reached 2.03 crore of the 80 crore beneficiaries, with 13 States...

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MGNREGA jobs helped people sustain in Jharkhand during 2020-21 -Achintya Ganguly

-The Telegraph The jobs created under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) helped people sustain in Jharkhand during 2020-21 and also expected to do the same even this year. Ranchi: This was revealed in a report on the performances of the job scheme released by an independent organisation, Lib Tech India, late last week. “We have just complied the data as available in the public domain to arrive at the...

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Future of migrant kids uncertain amid spike -Manoj Sharma

-Hindustan Times There has been limited assessment of the pandemic’s wider effects on the children of migrants. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court, in response to a petition filed by NGO Child Rights Trust, asked for data from all states and Union Territories on children of migrant workers. Nitin Kumar’s eyes were full of despair as he waited along with his parents for a bus to Hardoi at Anand Vihar bus station on...

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How the labour market reacted to the Covid-19 triggered lockdowns -Radheshyam Jadhav

-The Hindu Business Line Data show that only 43% of those in informal jobs in Dec 2019 retained them in April 2020 Vs 72% in formal sector Pune: About 1.23 crore migrant labourers returned to their home States during the Covid – 19 lockdowns during 2020 and once again many State governments including Maharashtra government are considering lockdowns to curb rising Covid-19 cases. While industrial and business sectors are strongly opposing the...

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Covid-19 lockdowns return, with a change: migrants are now mostly single, male -Karishma Mehrotra

-The Indian Express While there is no such official nationwide data, experts note that the migration back to workplaces since the end of the first lockdown has been increasingly single, male migration, leaving families behind. Ranchi: In February this year, Md Shabbir Ansari travelled with his family back home to Giridih, Jharkhand, and after dropping them, returned to Delhi to look for work. Fired from his job repairing cars in Ghaziabad, Ansari...

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