India Will Miss 2030 Target To End Bonded Labour–By 98%

Experts say that there is reluctance to accept bonded labour at the state level, and that release certificates, mandatory to access rehabilitation entitlements, are not issued

https://www.indiaspend.com/governance/india-will-miss-2030-target-to-end-bonded-labourby-98-877306

#BondedLabour #labour #jobs #trafficking #InformalSector #MigrantWorkers #MigrantLabourers #SCST #dalits #adivasis #ForcedLabour #labor #unemployment #poverty #HumanRights #governance #UnionGovt #india

Book review: A scathing indictment of what was done by an administration to a people unprepared for a pandemic

A review of Harsh Mander's 'Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy'. As he journals the length and breadth of India, one cannot help but give Mr Mander credit for the number and range of real-life anecdotes he has attempted to document here.

https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/a-cathartic-chronicle-a-scathing-indictment-of-what-was-done-by-an-administration-to-a-people-unprepared-for-a-pandemic/3230977/

#BookReview #HarshMander #covid19 #CovidMismanagement #CovidDeathToll #CovidLockdown #MigrantLabourers #UnionGovt #BJP #india #books #nonfiction #bookstodon #health #healthcare

On India’s 77th Independence Day, Driven By Poverty, Caste, Millions Of Migrant Workers Live As Modern Slaves

India abolished bonded labour in 1976, but various forms of modern slavery persist, entrapping 11 million, while committees to enforce the law are absent or don’t work, and surveys to identify bonded labour have not been conducted for years. Workers are often beaten, locked up & paid well below minimum wage.

#MigrantWorkers #MigrantLabourers #labour #LabourRights #dalits #adivasis #jobs #unemployment #covid19 #inequality #india

https://article-14.com/post/on-india-s-77th-independence-day-driven-by-poverty-caste-millions-of-migrant-workers-live-as-modern-slaves--64db07fca956c

'We Realise Their Importance Now': Gurugram Struggles After Muslim Migrants Flee

Cleaners at posh societies, carpenters and barbers —Muslims migrants can be pivotal to the city's daily functioning.

#haryana #gurugram #HaryanaViolence #MuslimMigrants #MigrantWorkers #MigrantLabourers #ResidentWelfareAssociations #RWAs #labour #CommunalViolence #hindutva #BJP #nuh #india

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/we-realise-their-importance-now-gurugram-struggles-after-muslim-migrants-flee

Nuh hotel razed as demolition drive continues for fourth day

The authorities claimed that the communal clashes in Haryana began after hooligans threw stones at a Hindu procession from the roof of the Sahara Hotel.

#haryana #nuh #HaryanaViolence #demolitions #bulldozers #HinduMobs #HaryanaGovt #BJP #MigrantLabourers #displacement #hindutva #VHP #BajrangDal #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1053867/nuh-hotel-razed-as-demolition-drive-continues-for-fourth-day

Over 250 shanties of Muslim workers demolished in Nuh after officials accuse them of violence

Authorities alleged that the workers participated in clashes that took place earlier this week and that the structures were built illegally on government land.

#haryana #HaryanaViolence #nuh #MuslimMigrants #muslims #demolitions #bulldozers #displacement #HaryanaGovt #HaryanaPolice #MLKhattar #HinduMobs #CommunalViolence #MigrantLabourers #hindutva #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1053794/haryana-over-250-shanties-of-muslim-migrant-workers-demolished-in-nuh

Haryana's Nuh violence: After threats & a ‘deadline’, migrant families at slum in Gurgaon pack up and leave

Muslim migrant families began leaving from a slum cluster on Tuesday, alleging they had been told by some local youths to pack up and go in the wake of the current wave of communal unrest, which began with a clash on a yatra in Nuh on Monday afternoon.

#haryana #HaryanaViolence #gurgaon #nuh #muslims #MuslimMigrants #MigrantLabourers #VHP #BJP #BajrangDal #HinduMobs #CommunalViolence #hindutva #india

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/after-threats-a-deadline-migrant-families-at-slum-pack-up-and-leave/articleshow/102332733.cms

Haryana violence updates: Muslims asked to vacate homes, their shops and shanties set ablaze

Organisers of the Vishva Hindu Parishad rally during which the violence started gave incomplete information about the event, said Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala.

#haryana #HaryanaViolence #gurgaon #nuh #muslims #MuslimMigrants #MigrantLabourers #VHP #BJP #MonuManesar #BajrangDal #HinduMobs #CommunalViolence #DelhiPolice #hindutva #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1053652/haryana-violence-updates-several-shanties-set-ablaze-in-gurugram-more-than-70-arrested

How ‘shramik’ trains added to the misery of the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown

An excerpt from Harsh Mander's ‘Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy’.

#BookExcerpt #HarshMander #covid19 #CovidLockdown #CovidDeathToll #MigrantLabourers #MigrantWorkers #governance #health #covid #welfare #UnionGovt #BJP #india #books #bookstodon

https://scroll.in/article/1051873/harsh-mander-how-shramik-trains-added-to-the-misery-of-the-poor-during-the-covid-19-lockdown

In Delhi's Migrant Worker Settlements, the Poor Remain Poor

The lack of infrastructure and amenities in Kapashera and Narela areas contributes to the lower socio-economic status of its residents.

#delhi #DelhiNCR #DelhiRains #MigrantLabourers #MigrantWorkers #labor #inequality #poverty #kapashera #narela #study #india

https://thewire.in/urban/kapashera-narela-delhi-ncr-infrastructure