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Police checking in progress as per COVID-19 protocol at IMA junction in Palakkad on Sunday. | Photo Credit:
MUSTAFAH KK
The State police actively dissuaded inessential travel on the second day of the lockdown on Sunday.
Law enforcers flagged down vehicles and challenged drivers and passengers to state their reason for travel. The clampdown on journeying will continue till May 16.
The police allowed people with appointments at hospitals and COVID-19 vaccination centres to proceed as usual.
Citizens travelling to attend weddings and funerals of close kin were also permitted.
The police fined and turned back persons they deemed had ventured out for frivolous reasons. Many bridled at such restrictions, resulting in heated arguments with officers.
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By siliconindia | Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 14:27 Hrs The Kerala government s Non-Resident Keralite Affairs (NORKA)-led Pravasi startup scheme has created a startup climate with 4,179 expatriate entrepreneurs over the past five years. The state government has sanctioned Rs 220.37 crores for the startup projects by Pravasis who have returned to the state after long years in foreign countries. In the financial year 2019-20, 1,043 entrepreneurs were sanctioned Rs 53.40 crores. This scheme was envisaged as a joint venture between NORKA and the Kerala Startup Mission to create self-employment opportunities for Pravasis who return to the state from abroad and who are planning a new journey as entrepreneurs.
As Lakhs of Overseas Workers Return to Kerala, Fear of Drop in NRI Deposits, Remittances
A report has it that over 5 lakh people returned to Kerala since May, 2020, due to job losses.
Migrant workers return from their native places after COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were eased, in Ahmedabad, July 1, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Labour07/Jan/2021
New Delhi: As many as 5.52 lakh people have returned to Kerala from foreign countries since May 2020 â at the height of the pandemic â because they lost jobs,
While the pandemic and the resultant economic crisis brought on an unemployment crisis as well, the extent to which Indian workers in foreign shores had been affected is still not clear. The large figure is confined to just Kerala and was compiled by the Department of Non-Resident Keralites’ Affairs of the state government from declarations made by those who had returned.