As the poll battle is poised to be tough and intriguing, each of the votes does carry its value. Parties in the fray are in no mood to take chances to ignore the worth of migrant workers’ votes in the upcoming twin polls.
Aspecial campaign will be held across the state in December by the state government to ensure last-mile enrolment of migrant workers, who have been left out.
Sri Lankan migrant workers remitted over $1.8 billion in the first four months of 2023, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara said on Saturday.
Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday warned "whoever tries to spoil the law and order situation in the state, a strong legal action would be taken" following rumours that migrant workers are being attacked in the Tamil Nadu
Without safeguaring the interest of the migrant workers, it will be a futile excercise to think of any step to uplift any economic sector. A recent study has some stratling revelations.
After an exodus of migrant workers at certain places in India due to the COVID-19 associated first lockdown, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in coordination with respective states have set up around 41,000 relief camps and shelters across the country where more than 14 lakh people were sheltered.
The workers from Rayagada and Gajapati districts allegedly died of electrocution on 30 July while working in a prawn hatchery in Repalle Mandal of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
Twenty-one Monitoring Centres have been activated across the country by the Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central).
As per the eligibility prescribed under the NFS Act 2013, 5 kg of food grains was given free of cost to the needy people, including migrant workers, unorganized workers, construction workers, domestic helpers who do not have ration cards. Under this scheme, four kg of wheat and one kg of rice are included per person per month.
The top court also queried, why there is no national data on workers of unorganised sector? The court emphasised that data and the portal are essential to ensure benefits reach the needy during the lockdown.
