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Over 1.14 crore migrants went back home: Centre
March 10, 2021
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The Ministry said Uttar Pradesh saw the highest reverse migration with more than 30 lakh workers going back to their villages
More than 1.14 crore workers returned to their native places during the lockdown, the Union Labour Ministry the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The Ministry said Uttar Pradesh saw the highest reverse migration with more than 30 lakh workers going back to their villages followed by Bihar and West Bengal that received 15 lakh and 13 lakh migrants, respectively.
Union Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar claimed in his reply that most of the workers have gone back to their original or other workplaces and “engaged themselves in productive employment”. The only information the Centre has about the deaths of migrants was from Madhya Pradesh, where 17 workers died when a train rammed onto them while they were walking over the rail lines.
Unemployment rate is at 5.8%: Centre
March 08, 2021
Government received just 2,395 complaints from aggrieved citizens on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System - istock.com/Feodora Chiosea
Government received just 2,395 complaints from aggrieved citizens on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System - istock.com/Feodora Chiosea×
Government taking measures; ₹20-lakh crore assigned to create jobs, says Minister
About 52 out of hundred people in the country are not employed, the Union Labour Ministry told Lok Sabha on Monday. Despite reports of high unemployment and wage cuts during the lockdown, the Centre received just 2,395 complaints from aggrieved citizens on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), a system to monitor wage loss and denial of wages.