Topic: Migrants
Blame this archaic 1979 law for Modi govt’s lack of data on migrants’ deaths
Instead of having no numbers at all, the Modi government could have come up with some data by collating those that are available in the public domain.
Govt introduces three labour bills, Manish Tewari calls them ‘blow to rights of workers’
Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar withdrew the three bills that were introduced last year and introduced the three new ones.
To be the next China, India needs a new housing plan
Giving rural migrants an incentive to return to cities is crucial to restoring economic activity to pre-Covid levels. Low-cost housing is a good starting point.
Migrant workers set to get low-rent housing in cities as Modi cabinet approves scheme
Existing vacant houses under UPA-era schemes to be utilised. About 3 lakh migrants to benefit initially, with monthly rent varying between Rs 1,000 and Rs 3,000.
‘Dire need for mechanism’ to register migrant workers — Delhi HC tells Modi govt
The high court has asked the central government to place before it details of the portal it proposes to set-up for registration of migrants.
Return to the city or struggle in village? Migrant workers who fled lockdown are in a bind
Migrant workers aren’t expected to return to the cities as long as the virus is spreading and work is uncertain. But there aren’t enough jobs in the villages.
Delhi HC to hear plea seeking CBI probe into ‘misappropriation’ of Rs 3,200 cr workers’ fund
The HC will hear the PIL alleging misappropriation of funds meant for migrants and construction workers in Delhi on 16 June.
Food, cash and air tickets — how NLSIU, NALSAR, BITS Pilani students sent migrants home
Students and alumni of the three institutes arranged for the migrants' air travel after reports of passengers dying aboard Shramik Special trains started surfacing.
Shramik Special trains are a hot mess. Piyush Goyal better stop the blame game
The one cliche about Emergency was that the trains ran on time. But in this lockdown, trains are getting lost and people are arriving dead.
Shooting the messenger won’t help Modi govt’s Covid fight. Tushar Mehta should know that
It is now routine in strongmen democracies to shoot the messenger if you don't like the message, and the messenger inevitably is the journalist.
Globalisation of revenge
Nobody looks more ridiculous in the whole Iraq situation than the Europeans. A bit of their hypocrisy was on show in New Delhi.
Reliance Industries posts 15% profit drop as Covid hits oil demand
The company posted a net profit of Rs 9,567 crore in July-September compared with Rs 11,262 crore a year back.
Defence
India successfully test fires air-launched version of BrahMos missile from Sukhoi jet
The missile hit a sinking ship in the Bay of Bengal with accuracy, official sources said. It was fired after the Su-30 MKI aircraft travelled for over three hours.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.