by pallanus | Jun 7, 2020 | Business News
An acute shortage of workers has turned the roar of machines to a soft hum at a footwear factory near New Delhi, just one of thousands in India struggling to restart after an exodus of migrant workers during the virus lockdown. India is slowly emerging from strict...
by pallanus | May 15, 2020 | Business News
While the World Bank India director did not comment on the labour laws changed by some state governments to kickstart the economy, he said the correlation between central and state-level labour laws are important to help labourers, most of whom are migrants. Migrant...
by pallanus | May 15, 2020 | Business News
The World Bank’s $1 billion social protection package is aimed at increasing efficiency of several schemes like public distribution system and MNREGA to provide social protection to marginalised migrant workers and labourers in India. Speaking to India Today TV News...
by pallanus | May 6, 2020 | Business News
A majority of H-1B employers, including major American technology firms like Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft, use the programme to pay migrant workers well below market wages, a new report has claimed. “Among the top 30 H-1B employers are major US firms...