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| | The extension of India’s national lockdown till May 4 has revived concerns that the country’s migrant workers, many of whom work in the unorganised construction sector, are being pushed to the brink of destitution.
State governments have pledged to provide free food rations, and cash transfers of between Rs.1,000 to Rs. 6,000 for construction workers, but interviews with government officials and an analysis of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) reports of 12 states shows that this monetary relief is a fraction of Rs 52,000 crores accumulated by state governments over years of levying a 1% to 2% worker welfare cess on construction projects.
Worse, construction workers must complete a cumbersome process of registration and renewal with their respective state boards to be eligible for relief and rations, implying that the most vulnerable workers invariably slip through the net. |
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