Bail for dalit, labour activist Nodeep Kaur
Labour activist Nodeep Kaur has been granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court this morning. Nodeep Kaur was arrested on January 12, while protesting with labourers at the Kundli border of Delhi.
ESIC beneficiaries to get medical facilities closer to their residences
Assam Government has transferred Rs 3000 each to the bank accounts of 7.46,667 tea works under the Cha Bagichhar Dhan Puraskar Mela. This was done on Saturday.
The tea workers have received two instalments of RS 2,500 each, with the government spending Rs 584 crore on doling out the money to the tea workers.
It is to be noted that elections to the state assembly are round the corner and several parties have come together to form an ant-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance in the state.
Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS), the tea workers union in Assam, has demanded a minimum wage of Rs 351 per day for the tea workers in small tea gardens.
The chakka bandh agitation by the private transport workers of Assam went of successfully yesterday, with most of the private transport coming to a halt for 24 hours, starting January 27.
The call for the strike was given by prominent trade unions in Assam, in support of various demands, the primary demand being the implementation of welfare scheme for private transport workers. The scheme has been proposed by the Assam Government, but has remained on paper.
Eighteen lakh enterprises, run by 12 class passed can be created in the country to service 60 million micro and small enterprises (MSEs), according to a report submitted to the Central Government jointly by Azim Premji University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Ten trade unions in the country have decided to lodge a joint complaint with the International Labour Organisation (IO) over the new labour laws introduced in Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states in the country, which are going against the interests of the working class.
More children in India and Nepal are likely to be forced into labour, according to a study GoodWeave International. The study Hidden and Vulnerable: The Impact of COVID 19 on Child, Forced and Bonded Labor was carried out by this non-profit organisation in the apparel, home textile and carpet supply chains in the two countries. A report based on the study has documented loss of income leading to indebtedness. The study noted that the situation has led to migration and closure of schools.
Over 152 million children are working as child labour across the world, with concentration mainly in Africa, Asian and the Pacific, according to International Labour Organisation.
ILO announced last week that though there was a 38 per cent drop in child labour cases in the world, the economic condition in the world, due to the COVID 19 pandemic is likely to increase child labour across the globe.