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Whose Interests is India’s Tech Workforce Serving?

We must take control of our labour and knowledge, says this open letter to India’s engineers, scientists and developers.

West Bengal and Maharashtra governments start plan for movement of intra-state labourers

Even the Centre has set measures for migrants who want to return to their places of work in the state

Stop the open industrial and mining activities in tribal areas: NGO to Odisha CM

Concerns raised by Lokshakti Abhiyan in wake of Covid-19 pandemic

Did MCGM guidelines about resumption of construction activity ignore female workers and their children?

Guidelines also appear to be anti-poor as they offer freedom of movement to supervisors but expect labourers to stay at the site

Several states announce monetary aid for workers stranded outside state

Jharkhand will provide a DBT of Rs. 2,000 while Meghalaya will provide Rs. 3,000 in relief

Stop targeting, discriminating against and attacking vendors and hawkers: National Hawker Federation

An attack on vendors is not only a violation of their dignity and basic rights, but also an unconscionable act on the part of our citizenry

AP police stop and counsel migrants walking home 

The labourers were unhappy with the extension of the lockdown and complained that they hadn’t received any food or money from the state government

Jharkhand Nagrik Prayas narrates the tale of a migrant worker stranded in Mumbai

Cramped in shelters, with no money and meagre food, migrants have become collateral damage amid the coronavirus outbreak

Why are migrant workers so desperate to go back home?

Activists and psychologists say panic and anxiety over their family's secure future is driving the desire to head back to their villages

Irresponsible reportage, false hope spark migrant protest in Bandra

Here’s how and why migrants gathered at Bandra, and how the subsequent reportage had subtle communal undertones

Plea in SC highlights plight of people in informal sector, seeks compensation scheme

The petition seeks directions to the Centre to formulate such a scheme and take over the financial burden of the same as States are already under financial distress

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