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Demand that Modi provides Rs 1 crore compensation for migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons in Kerala: AIKS

Apart from condemning the shocking killing, by lynching of migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons belonging to the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) and BJP in Palakkad, Kerala, the AIKS has demanded that the Modi Government to provide Rs. 1 crore as ex- gratia compensation to the family of the deceased

K’taka HC questions State on steps taken to use modern technology to replace manual scavenging

The court has asked the state to file an affidavit, and observed that the government had barely complied with the provisions of the Act

Will Assam tea party sink the BJP’s ship?

Tea tribes have been demanding higher wages, and though the BJP government cleared a marginal hike in daily wages, it was put on hold due to a court case

PIL filed for implementation of Manual Scavengers Act, Allahabad HC seeks State’s reply

The petitioners/law students undertook a detailed study and found that no adequate safety equipment was provided to workers

Pay five-months salary or we stop work: JNU sanitation workers 

Members of the AICCTU condemned the college authorities for failing to pay employee dues as well as failing to provide them basic necessities such as identity cards 

SC adjourns plea filed in 2019 seeking criminal action for employing manual scavengers

The plea seeks invoking of charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against employers of manual scavengers, who end up dying on the job

Punjab creche workers announce dharna if state gov’t fails to pay dues

Anganwadi workers union officials said that creche workers and helpers have been waiting for an honorarium payment for the last two and a half years!

Municipal officials look other way while manual scavengers still engaged for work: Madras HC

The Court opined that heads of corporations and municipalities should be personally held responsible for deaths of manual scavengers

Kerala HC directs Water Authority to compensate families of manual scavengers who died cleaning manhole

The court directed the state to pay compensation of Rs. 10 lakh in addition to the compensation paid by the contractor

97 migrant workers died on Shramik trains during Covid-19: Centre in LS

Families of the deceased migrant labourers have not received any financial assistance as the statute mandates compensation only in cases of ‘train accidents’

Punjab: Anganwadi workers continue working without food or funds

Anganwadi workers leader tells SabrangIndia that the state government has failed to provide adequate ration to centres in addition to failing in its promise to provide funds in this year’s Budget.

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