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Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Impressive gov’t employment scheme data does not reflect true depth of job crisis

ABRY and e-SHRAM data shows effectiveness of schemes but think tanks point out the stagnant state of jobs in India

JNU administration draws flak for allegedly exploiting sanitation workers

University’s workers unions, students unions and teachers associations decry the blatant violation of workers rights

UP: Aspiring teachers call for mass protests following brutal lathi-charge

Opposition leaders question the rationale in refusing to listen to protest demands

Varanasi: Sanitation worker dies after being trapped in sewer line for 18 hrs!

Administration calls for investigation team while workers decry a broken system that is apathetic to such tragedies

CJP Grassroots Fellow comes to the aid of a migrant worker in distress

Mohd. Ripon Sheikh helped Mirchand Sheikh, a young mason from Jharkhand, get his pending wages, by taking his plea to higher authorities

UP ASHAs have had enough of empty election promises

Women protest the lack of security while they serve as the backbone of rural healthcare

e-SHRAM records over 8 crore registrations, but are all inequalities addressed?

The Labour and Employment Ministry claimed successful growth of the portal due to high registrations from the informal sector, but there are still some lacunae

UP: Mid-day meal cooks get Rs. 7,500 but three months salary still pending

Varanasi’s local authorities say they could only pay five months of mid-day meal cooks’ salaries with the funds they received

MDM cooks refute gov’t claims of 8-month wage payment

While MDMA claims that the eight-month pending wages have been transferred, MDM cooks say their accounts reflect no such transactions

UP: Mid-day meal cooks not paid wages for eight months of wages

While government officials claim that the women will soon receive their wages, cooks-cum-helpers how long they can survive without money.

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