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Propagandists who outraged over the migrant crisis in 2020 go silent as Maharashtra lockdown forces labourers out of state again

Jinit Jain -
Migrant workers in Maharashtra are leaving for their respective homes fearing another wave of lockdown as the coronavirus crisis in the state becomes more acute
News Reports

‘Migrant labourers being drugged and forced to work longer as bonded labourers, used for cross-border drug smuggling’, MHA writes to Punjab govt

OpIndia Staff -
MHA said that human trafficking syndicates hire such labourers from their native places, and they are exploited in Punjab
News Reports

Punjab: Contractor Mohammad Feroz rapes minor daughter of migrant worker for two months, victim found pregnant

OpIndia Staff -
The contractor named Mohammad Firoz lives in Zhungi EDN City. The victim's family are migrant workers.
News Reports

How the New York Times reduced a 40-minute conversation with Sanjeev Sanyal to merely 2 words to prove that Shramik trains were ‘virus trains’

Nupur J Sharma -
Sanjeev Sanyal released audio of his conversation with NYT journalist as they omitted the comments made by him in their article
Government and Policy

MGNREGS payments reach record-high levels this year as Rural Development ministry works on top-gear to ensure employment

OpIndia Staff -
With just over three months to go in FY 2020-21, the government has already spent almost 90% of the funds allocated under the MGNREGS.
News Reports

Eight months after cutting water supply of migrants to drive them away in middle of pandemic, Arvind Kejriwal govt offers free water to protesting...

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Jal Board VP and AAP MLA Raghav Chadha himself went to Burari to ensure water tankers are available for protesting farmers
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh ranks number one in providing jobs to migrant workers by generating 10 crore person-days under Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh government has spent 9,329.57 Crores on the project and generated 10,58,17,358 Person-days for migrant workers
News Reports

Maharashtra and Delhi governments not interested in implementing migrant workers welfare enactments: Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
The Court had acted on application of the NHRC highlighting that some states have not implemented migrant workers welfare enactments.
News Reports

Unlock 2.0: Migrant workers start returning to work from their native states, employers arranging buses and trains to bring workers back

OpIndia Staff -
Migrant workers are returning back to work as lockdown has lifted in most places and the economy is slowly re-opening
Law

SC and its suo motu cognisance of the migrant crisis: An institution which is infinitely powerful yet frightfully defenceless

Guest Author -
Alexander Pekelis observes “the Supreme Court is infinitely powerful and at the same time frightfully defenceless”.
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