The health ministry asked these areas to step up monitoring in old cities, urban slums & other high density pockets like camps & clusters for migrant workers.
In an interview, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav says Bihar govt is treating migrant workers as ‘second-class citizens’, questions CM Nitish Kumar over transparency.
In Bihar’s Sitamarhi, women from the families of migrant workers say they are forced to borrow from private money lenders as their husbands and sons are left with no income source.
Addressing a video-conferencing meet, Congress chief alleged that the government is uncertain about the criteria for enforcing lockdowns and has no exit strategy from it.
Modi govt has been criticised for announcing interventions in economic package that are of a long-term nature. Opposition, activists say migrants who lost livelihood need cash in hand.
BJP units in opposition-ruled states plan agitations to highlight ruling party failure, while in the states where it is in power, party will publicise Modi govt’s work.
With over 20 lakh migrant workers returning to UP in last few days, the state saw a quantum jump in the Covid-19 cases, with overall 1,230 people testing positive.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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