India plans database to help informal workers access state aid
About 100 million of India s informal workers are migrants who typically travel from their villages to bigger cities in distant parts of the country to work at brick kilns, garment factories, in hospitality or at construction sites
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Roli Srivastava
, Reuters
Announcing the annual budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said ₹130 crore ($20.5 million) would be spent to develop the online register of off-the-books workers, who account for about 90% of India s 450-million strong workforce
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MUMBAI :
India unveiled plans on Monday to create a database registering hundreds of millions of informal workers, many of whom have struggled to access state aid during the Covid-19 pandemic because they are undocumented.