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Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com
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How India’s move to reduce minimum referral wages could hurt its workers in the Gulf
While the government says the reduction will ensure overseas employment opportunities amid Covid-19 downturn, experts believe the plan may backfire.
Nidhi Menon, IndiaSpend.com & Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com
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Despite acknowledging India’s migrant distress, Budget 2021 fails to do much for workers
An analysis shows that most of the measures announced are not new.
Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com, Chitra Rawat, IndiaSpend.com & Nidhi Menon, IndiaSpend.com
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While millions of Indians seek better lives abroad, India treats its immigrants poorly
Across critical areas such as health, education, worker mobility and social discrimination, the country’s policies do not support integration, says a new study.
Priyansha Singh, IndiaSpend.com & Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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May global fiction: Six hot-off-the-press books to take you on a world literary tour
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Kerala is far ahead of Delhi and Maharashtra when it comes to integrating migrant workers
The state’s success can be attributed to targeted schemes for migrant workers and its recognition of them as a considerable force guiding demographics.
Chitra Rawat, IndiaSpend.com, Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com & Priyansha Singh, IndiaSpend.com
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Can India’s international labour recruitment agencies bounce back from coronavirus-induced losses?
With travel stalled for the past three months, about 50% of agencies are on the verge of shutting down.
Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com & Varun Aggarwal, IndiaSpend.com
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In India’s Rohingya refugee camps, fears of Covid-19 spread and religious scapegoating
India's directive to screen Rohingyas had more to do with suspected Tablighi Jamaat link than concern over their living conditions.
Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com & Aditya Srinivasan, IndiaSpend.com
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