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An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch
As India marks 50 years of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, cases of bonded labour still surface in states like Telangana where many workers in sectors such as agriculture, brick kilns, fishing and construction remain trapped in debt and coercion; here the author reflects on a transformative journey of an Adivasi woman who serves as a Sarpanch.
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SC directs employer-employee negotiation to resolve dispute on payment of full wages
Many private establishments had challenged the MHA direction on full payment of wages during the lockdown
Management Irresponsibility plus weak monitoring by MoEF&CC: Committee, Vizag gas leak
The Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal, pointed out the liability of LG Polymers and the shortcomings of the Pollution Control Boards as well as lacunae in regulatory framework of the GOI ministry on environment and climate change
Jharkhand’s unemployment rate surges during lockdown, highest at 59.2 percent in May
Opposition leader demands that migrants’ database be made, Jharkhand Pravasi Kendras be started in various states and action plan for employment be made
Employment within Jharkand is refrain of Jharkhand’s workers
Central and State governments need to become more pro-active towards the rights and needs of migrant workers
Migrant Diaries – The story of Hurdanand Behera
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“I am haunted by the images of the thousands I saw walking home to escape the big city,” says a migrant worker from Odisha still bleeding from the emotional scars of a forced exodus
SC grant interim protection from coercive action to pvt employers for not paying full wages as per MHA order
The order has been challenged in various petitions and in combined hearing, the court has heard submissions of all parties, including the MHA, private employers as well as a representation from the workers; it has reserved its orders for June 12
SC issues directions to ensure migrants are transported within 15 days: Suo Motu action
The court has asked the police departments to keep a check on police excess and states to consider withdrawal of cases against migrants for flouting lockdown rules by moving back to home states when MHA had prohibited the same. The court issues special directions for Maharashtra alone and none to the Centre
Karnataka’s garment unit lays off over 1,000 workers without notice
The unions suspect it is due to reduction in orders from one of the company’s international clients
A call to our conscience
If the migrant crisis doesn’t shake you, you are probably dead inside
“I saw a man carry his mother on his back, I saw his bleeding feet”
Meet Shivam, the young artist who forgot his own abject poverty, to illustrate the pain of migrant workers escaping the hostile city that had locked them out
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