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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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Gujarat HC gives directions on affordable COVID19 treatment and for starving, helpless migrants
Guj HC goes big, takes cognizance of starving migrants, asks state to regulate fee structure of pvt hospitals
Pelting stones in protest against a failing system is tough on a hungry stomach
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K’taka HC asks state to immediately take decision on payment of fares of migrants
In the precise words of the court, “no one should be deprived of an opportunity to go back to his own State only for the reason that he has no capacity to pay for the transport”
Take more action for justice to Odia migrant workers: Activist Prafulla Samantara to Odisha CM
The environmental activist wrote to CM Naveen Patnaik asking him to provide free travel to migrants apart from ensuring that they get free rations
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The Indian railways, will continue ‘shramik special trains’ to transport migrant workers, and a separate set of air conditioned special trains to transport regular passengers but have cancelled all other tickets booked till June 30th.
Over 300 workers booked in Malerkotla for demanding full wages
From Kashmir to Punjab and Gujarat, reports of workers not being paid their dues are emerging
Maha govt tells HC it will give foodgrains to ration card holders from 11 states
The state government has reached agreement with 11 states and asked them to port ration cards so that migrants stuck in the state can get ration
Dilution of labour rights & protection condemnable: Trade Unions
A joint platform of central trade unions, federations and associations have roundly criticised the total exemption to employers from all labour laws in UP and MP and serious dilution of obligations under labour laws in some states.
ST buses pick up 21,714 stranded migrants from highways: M’tra
Even as horror stories, photos and videos, of disillusioned migrants taking to the highways and clambering on hired trucks and lorries to escape the big city’ were being circulated, between 9 and 11 May, 1,169 buses of the Maharashtra State Transport (ST)ferried 21,714 migrants, of which, 11,866 were ferried by 530 buses on Monday alone
Mumbai’s Covid-19 woes worsen
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