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.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 21, 2021 · 03:13 pm

As focus intensifies on migrant workers’ woes, Centre tells SC that critics are ‘prophets of doom’

Four contentions by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Thursday that do not stand the test of logic.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· May 28, 2020 · 10:26 pm

International Migrants Day 2019: What is the significance of this day?

Mounting evidence indicates that international migration is usually positive both for countries of origin and of destination.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 18, 2019 · 08:31 am

In Qatar, migrant workers welcome labour reforms but still fear exploitation

Migrant workers outnumber the local workforce by nearly 20 to one. Most are from the Philippines, South Asia and Africa.

Heba Kanso, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Sep 16, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Indian maids in Gulf back in focus as Kerala woman jumps off second floor of employer’s home in Oman

Paralysed and in pain, Sheeja Das was tortured, starved and received no salary or compensation.

TA Ameerudheen

· Jun 09, 2018 · 09:00 am

3,000 Indian workers say they are stranded in Kuwait as construction firm has not paid them

The workers said they have not been paid for nearly a year, their visas have expired, and they do not have enough money to return to India.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 03, 2018 · 09:53 am

No money, no leave, no space: Migrant workers across the world live in near-enslavement

Migrant domestic workers, mostly women, endure grueling work conditions and regulations that reinforce injustice even in developed nations

Satveer Kaur-Gill

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Mohan J Dutta

· Jul 05, 2017 · 11:30 pm