Voting without voters: Bihar migrant workers forced to sacrifice ballot rights due to financial strain
Require special provisions, free trips home to participate in democratic process
Right To Food: Give ration cards to 80 million unorganised and migrant workers within 2 months, directs SC
Ration cards must be issued irrespective of the quotas defined in section 3 of NFSA, says court
COVID-19 a double whammy for India’s urban poor
There is the shock of the pandemic plus the loss of livelihood
SC stays Odisha HC order on migrants; allows them to return
Returning migrants narrate tales of anguish and misery
Odisha registers biggest COVID-19 spike, mostly migrants from Surat
34 migrants who had returned from Surat, tested positive, 24 of them from Ganjam
Create a million person days under MGNREGS: Patnaik to officers
He also asked them to ensure food security for migrant workers returning to the state
Stranded Odisha workers across India send SOS for food
Workers from Odisha are contacting anyone who can help them in a number of states
Coronavirus outbreak impacts Odisha: Migrant workers, tourism suffer
Thousands of Odisha's migrant workers go to west Asia to find work as plumbers
COVID-19 pushed 119-124 million into poverty: World Bank updates estimates
The number of pandemic-induced new poor is forecast to rise to 143-163 million in 2021
Being darker makes being a migrant much harder
Migrants from 'developed' economies enjoy more clout
COVID-19 lockdown, recession backbreaking for informal workers, survey shows
The survey was done on 1,613 rural households in Bihar
COVID-19: Migrant labourers are leaving Gujarat, again
The second COVID-19 wave has marred businesses, migrant workers face dearth of work
Every hour, 21 people evicted from their homes in India amid pandemic: Report
Over 13,000 people were evicted during the peak of the 2nd COVID-19 wave
As told to Parliament (March 8, 2021): Minister denies tribal peoples are protesting in Kevadia Colony near Statue of Unity
All that was discussed in the House through the day
COVID-19: Bihar profiles returned migrant workers for skills
The industry department has profiled skills of more than 80,000 migrant workers so far
COVID-19: Alang’s ship breakers look at workers from diamond, other sectors to stay afloat
The industry witnessed a reverse migration of at least 75 per cent of its workforce
COVID-19: Distress calls from migrants reveal India’s digital divide
Communication between migrant workers, their family members has come to a standstill
COVID-19: Odisha migrants take to chain-pulling to deboard closer home
State not pressing charges; officials recognise hardships
Labour organisation report shows 150 million migrants in global workforce
Two main factors are driving migration at present—economic hardship and geopolitical crises leading to the lack of decent work
Expand and diversify migration pathways, says UN chief António Guterres
Returns, re-admissions must be safe, dignified and in full accordance with international law
Where does the world stand 4 months into COVID-19?
It has learnt at a deadly cost that inequality in development has the power to make a health emergency into a long-term problem
Crushing job: Study points out risks for migrant workers at stone quarries
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj found significant child labour at quarries in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
COVID-19: Unable to return home, Odisha migrant hangs self in Haryana
Gangadhar Biswal, from Kendrapara, was upset that he could not get back home from Yamunanagar due to the lockdown
India locked down, but challenges remain
As India entered a 21-day lockdown on March 25, 2020 in a bid to contain COVID-19 spread, thousands of daily wage labourers and migrant workers …
COVID-19: For migrant workers, a long road ahead
Back home, several daily wagers find themselves endlessly waiting to earn again