Bihar officials find videos of attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu are fake

In their report to Bihar chief minister, the four-member team concluded that no migrant workers were attacked in the southern state.

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· Mar 11, 2023 · 09:48 am

BJP spread rumours about attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu for electoral gains, alleges JD(U)

JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh claimed that the BJP tried to raise tensions between Tamil Nadu and Bihar but failed.

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· Mar 10, 2023 · 09:30 am

Disinformation about attacks on migrants spread after my call for united Opposition, says MK Stalin

The Tamil Nadu chief minister said that people can understand BJP’s agenda if they notice the timing of the spread of the disinformation.

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· Mar 09, 2023 · 01:47 pm

Bihar team visiting Tamil Nadu says situation normal for migrant workers

Several videos circulating on social media earlier this week had falsely claimed that daily wage workers from Bihar are being attacked in the southern state.

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· Mar 06, 2023 · 09:47 am

Explained: How disinformation and politics made migrant workers flee Tamil Nadu

The BJP has been accused of using false claims of violence against North Indian migrant workers to target the ruling parties in Tamil Nadu and Bihar.

Nachiket Deuskar

· Mar 06, 2023 · 07:30 am

Post-Covid, Centre must simplify access to welfare schemes for migrant workers to truly benefit

Many unorganised sector labourers lack the basic documentation and technical know-how required to register for such programmes.

Prabhat Raghavan

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Gauri Thampi

· Nov 27, 2022 · 07:30 am

19 workers fled Arunachal border road project. Only 10 survived. Their ordeal tells a larger story

Relatives of the workers, all from impoverished villages in Lower Assam, allege they were engaged in forced labour.

Rokibuz Zaman

· Aug 11, 2022 · 06:30 am

Modi government’s efforts to help India’s 11.1 crore informal workers in MSMEs have fallen short

The criteria for relief packages for the sector excluded more than 90% of medium and small industries.

Chitra Rawat, IndiaSpend.com

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Shiwani Agrawal, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 11, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Why we must examine India’s labour policy since 1947 to understand plight of migrant workers today

Policy choices and strategies adopted by governments over seven decades have been key in determining the extent of reliance on informal employment.

Veena Naregal

· Jul 02, 2021 · 07:30 am

One year on, access to subsidised food remains a crucial challenge for migrant workers

The government’s One Nation, One Ration Card scheme has operational difficulties, a survey in Ahmedabad finds.

Vikas Kumar

· May 08, 2021 · 09:00 am

Despite 15 migrant workers being crushed by truck in Surat, we continue to ask the wrong questions

It’s time to move away from the specifics of the tragedy to look at the structural reasons that force so many Indians to seek work so far from home.

Anhad Imaan

· Feb 04, 2021 · 06:30 am

Surat accident: Death of 15 migrants outcome of policy lapses, says NGO, demands housing for workers

Aajeevika Bureau flagged that the number of shelters for the homeless remained abysmally low, even though the SC had directed the states to build them.

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· Jan 21, 2021 · 03:13 pm