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  2. Indian migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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    The government of India launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan initiative to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in India. It is a rural public works scheme which was launched on 20 June 2020 with an initial funding of ₹ 50,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 590 billion or US$6.8 billion in 2023) for 116 districts in 6 states.

  3. Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 - Wikipedia

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    No working hours were fixed for interstate migrant workers and they had to work on all the days in a week under extremely bad working conditions. Twenty eighth State Labour Ministers conference held on 21-10-1976 recommended for setting up of a small compact committee to examine all issues and suggest measures for eliminating the abuses ...

  4. Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan - Wikipedia

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    The Government of India launched the Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) initiative to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on shramik (migrant) workers in India. [1] It is a rural public works scheme which was launched on 20 June 2020 with an initial funding of ₹ 50,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 590 billion or US$6.8 billion in 2023).

  5. India's migrant workers face long walk home amid coronavirus ...

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  6. Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India - Wikipedia

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    On 20 June the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan was launched to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in India. It is a rural public works scheme with an initial funding of ₹500 billion (US$7.0 billion) covering 116 districts in 6 states. [132] [133] [134]

  7. Migrant labourers in Kerala - Wikipedia

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    The number of migrant workers in Kerala is much larger compared to only 16 lakh (1.6 million) Keralites working outside India [12] In 2013, the number of migrant workers in Kerala was almost one-tenth of that of the local population which was about 33 million in 2011. It is estimated to rise as high as 48 lakhs (4.8 million) by 2023 despite the ...

  8. 2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in ...

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    The Times of India summarised the cause of MNS's attacks—"There's a method in MNS's madness in attacking north Indians in Mumbai though, howsoever flawed it might be. Raj believes his cousin and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray has been wooing the people from Bihar and UP—through a campaign he began back in 2005 with the inclusive call of Mee Mumbaikar—as his party's vote-bank.

  9. Labour in India - Wikipedia

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    About 30 million workers are migrant workers, most in agriculture, and local stable employment is unavailable for them. India's National Sample Survey Office in its 67th report found that unorganised manufacturing, unorganised trading/retail and unorganised services employed about 10 percent each of all workers nationwide, as of 2010.