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Letter to BS: Spare a thought for daily wage earners and migrant workers

The government of India must announce some help urgently

In pics: Agriculture activity picks up amid coronavirus lockdown crisis

Farming operations are exempted from the lockdown restrictions

Top 10 biz headlines: Stranded labour in lockdown, company results and more

Here are the top business headlines this Monday

Covid-19 impact: Economic growth may fall to 1.1% in FY21, says SBI report

According to the SBI Ecowrap report, the extension of the lockdown would result in economic loss of Rs 21.1 trillion or 6 per cent of the nominal GVA

How will new lockdown guidelines impact different sectors of the economy?

The services such as aviation, hotels, malls, etc. would have to wait for a much longer time

What migrant labourers say in lockdown: 'work can wait, family cannot'

In the last few days, the restlessness of the migrant workers has spilled into the streets in major cities, including Mumbai, New Delhi, and Surat.

Delhi govt asks trade unions to help find labour amid coronavirus outbreak

State governments, particularly those like Delhi that witnessed an exodus of migrant workers after the lockdown was announced

Covid-19 crisis may drag 400 mn Indian workers further into poverty: ILO

In India, with a share of almost 90% of people working in the informal economy, about 400 million workers in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the crisis

Migration will resume when urban economy restarts: India Migration Now

India Migration Now founder Varun Aggarwal says the frantic reverse migration at present is not because of harvesting needs (still a month away) but because of the income shock

Lockdown diaries: The arduous journey of a bereaved son from Delhi to Bihar

Working as a daily wage earner since he was only 14, Dipu was out of work but had planned to stay back at his shanty in Sarai Kale Khan until receiving the terrible news

Handling of lockdown brings back DeMo memories: Economist Jean Dreze

Dreze was part of academicians and activists who recently wrote to the Centre about the situation of the migrant workers

Covid-19: UP govt arranges 1,000 buses to ferry stranded migrant labourers

The 21-day lockdown has triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers

Covid-19 relief: FM announces Rs 1.7 trn plan for poor, migrant workers

Package announced includes both food security and cash transfer components

Uttar Pradesh govt transfers cash to nearly 600,000 daily earners

The payment to the remaining beneficiaries would be made as and when their details are collated

Labour laws: Govt proposes making 14-day notice must for holding a strike

Noting that the government was bringing reforms in labour laws, the minister said as part of that, it was clubbing 44 labour laws into four codes

Air pollution: NGT for allowance to labourers hit by Delhi construction ban

The green panel said daily-wage workers who depend on construction sites to make a living are worst sufferers of the ban on construction activities as they have been rendered jobless

Statsguru: Public firms are increasingly denying social security to workers

While the transition from agriculture to other sectors is taking place, manufacturing is not providing the necessary buffer before the workforce shifts to the services sector

Worry about informal employment

A fall in demand for automobiles of all kinds is leading to job losses and fears of more losses in the near future are mounting

Labourer dies while digging borewell

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