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TopicMigrant labourers

Topic: migrant labourers

Punjab IAS officer says Railways not paying 85% of migrants fare, state footing entire bill

BJP had claimed earlier this week that Indian Railways was footing 85% of the migrant workers’ fare for their journey back home.

Kerala could lose Rs 13,000 cr in remittances as over 4 lakh register to return from abroad

The Covid pandemic and the ongoing economic crisis have led to severe job losses abroad, prompting thousands to approach the Kerala government to return home.

Modi govt claims it’s paying 85% of migrants trains’ cost but has no ‘ticket’ to prove it

Railway officials say if fares are being borne by states, Centre’s claim of paying 85% is inexplicable, and there’s no official communication explaining it.

Maharashtra & Bihar to bear migrants’ travel costs, no charge for students says Nitish Kumar

Amidst outrage over Modi government's move to charge migrant workers steep railways fares, Congress announced that it would bear the full travel cost.

Viral images show MP labourers ‘quarantined’ in toilet, but BJP says it’s not what it seems

Images of an MP labourer couple having a meal inside a toilet went viral over the weekend, after Congress took on the state’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan government. 

If Railways refuses, make PM CARES pay fare: Swamy calls govt ‘moronic’ for charging migrants

An hour after his first statement, Subramanian Swamy posted another tweet saying he has spoken to Piyush Goyal's office and that labourers will 'go free'.

A Covid-19 survival kit with ‘Karl Mask’ and ‘return’ of Kim Jong Un

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

How Nitish put onus of solving Bihar’s problem of stranded migrants, students on Modi govt

Bihar minister Sanjay Jha says lockdown guidelines forbid inter-state travel, and other states’ moves signify different rules for different states.

No phones, no money for recharge — Kejriwal’s tech-based solutions for poor have no takers

This month, the Arvind Kejriwal govt announced several mobile apps & a scheme to help migrants and poor. But these relief measures have very little resonance on the ground.

Factories set to open in some areas, states scramble to figure out how to transport workers

Modi govt has allowed select industries to reopen on 20 April, but not given guidelines about how they would commute or where they would be put up.

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India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.