A worker carries chickens at Ghazipur Murga Mandi, in New Delhi.
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A laborer wearing a face mask carries vegetables at a market in Mumbai. India is reporting 31,521 newly confirmed coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, dropping to just over...
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Workers prepare a media stand ahead of Republic Day parade, in New Delhi.
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Labourers along with their belongings walk near India Gate, in New Delhi.
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Daily wage laborers wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus wait to be hired for work by a roadside in Kochi, Kerala state. India's total number of coronavirus cases ...
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Labourers carry sacks containing wheat grain, at a grain market in Amritsar district.
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Labourers dig a canal along agricultural fields at a village in Nagaon district of Assam.
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Daily wage laborers wait to get hired for the day in Mumbai.
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Laborers carry vegetables early morning at a wholesale market in Lucknow.
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Migrant workers, returning from their native places, stand in queues to get tested for COVID- 19 after they arrived in Thane
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Labours having lunch at a pavement in New Delhi.
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A health worker takes sample from a construction worker for COVID-19 test as others wait for their turn, in New Delhi.
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A construction worker displays an acknowledgement receipt during the 'Nirman Mazdoor Registration Abhiyan'' at a government school, in New Delhi.
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Construction workers stand in a queue to get registered during the 'Nirman Mazdoor Registration Abhiyan' at a government school, in New Delhi. The Delhi government launched 'Nirama...
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Palestinian laborers some wearing protective face masks amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, cross illegally into Israel from the West Bank through an opening in ...
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Workers load freshly plucked tea-leaves in a vehicle, at a tea estate in Nagaon district.
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Daily laborers rest on their parked carts during West Bengal state lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Kolkata.
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A worker stitches masks at a garments factory, converted to manufacture protective masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Kolkata
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Labourers are seen working at an under-construction site, in Greter Noida.
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Labourers are seen working at an under-construction site, in Greter Noida.
The implementation of Code on Wages, 2019 is planned April along with other three codes on industrial relations, social security and occupational health safety
The Rajya Sabha passed three key labour codes by voice vote, even as opposition parties continue to boycott the current session over the suspension of eight MPs.
While debating the falling Women Labour Force Participation Rate, we often miss a very important point that most of the women are already working as 'household care providers.'
The connection between safety and access to jobs is one that requires all stakeholders to consider who occupies space, and how. This is partly because the number of women we end up seeing in public spaces do it after adjusting to certain expectations and conditions.
Make in India, or Make for India? The potential for both vitality and confusion mark Aatma Nirbhar Bharat—a salad bowl of many healthy ideas, some of them incompatible.
By increasing working hours from eight to 12, states are violating international norms and the Centre may have other plans that may affect the labour class
Experts warn that reverse migration will have a debilitating effect on the rural sector and the Bihar government has no plan to accommodate workers returning from big cities