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CWC releases 14-point “chargesheet” accusing PM Modi of pushing the country to an unprecedented catastrophe
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CWC releases 14-point “chargesheet” accusing PM Modi of pushing the country to an unprecedented catastrophe
In a severe indictment of the handling of the pandemic by the Union government, the Congress following a meeting of its working committee released a 14-point “chargesheet” accusing PM Modi of pushing the country to an unprecedented catastrophe.
“We regret to say the nation is paying a very heavy price for the thoughtlessness and unpreparedness of the NDA government to tackle the gravest disaster that has hit the country and has affected millions of families claiming 1,75,673 lives so far,” senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said reading out a statement agreed upon by the Congress Working Committee.
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Major remittance companies said the rapid spread of Covid in urban areas and concerns over a total lockdown, as was the case last March, have already prompted a section of the migrant workforce to leave the big cities. However, infrastructure and manufacturing projects, which have put in place an enabling ecosystem for the migrant staff at worksites.
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With India reporting over160,000 infections on Monday, several states have imposed restriction.
Localised lockdowns in the industrial hubs of Maharashtra and apprehensions about similar curbs in Delhi-NCR have started affecting the casual workforce, with remittances to the less-affluent hinterland from these urban pockets already dropping up to 10% in the past two weeks.
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Migrant workers have returned to India’s cities – but they are even more vulnerable now
As the job market shrinks, a labour surplus exerts downward pressure on wages and working conditions, making jobs more informal. Representational image. | PTI
Seema Kumar, a young beautician has just returned to Hyderabad after eight months of working on farms in her village. She was among the estimated 121 million people in India who lost their jobs after when the country went into a lockdown in March to contain the spread of the coronavirus
But unlike her usual city woes of searching for a hostel or negotiating shift timings, this time her worries are different. Kumar has come back to work at the same salon that employed her for the last three years without the commitment of a fixed wage. Instead of her usual monthly salary of Rs 8,500, Kumar has been informed that she will be paid only for her days of “productive” work: the weekends, festivals and other days of