[ad_1] Madhya Pradesh has increased factory work hours from eight to 12. It has also allowed up to 72 hours of overtime. Full coverage in coronavirus “The increase in working hours is applicable only if employees are willing to work. And they must be paid for overtime, “Prime Minister Shivraj …
Read More »Covid-19 status check at critical points Ahmedabad and Surat show spike the day after hard shutdown
[ad_1] One day after a total blockade was announced in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat coronavirus epicenter recorded 275 new coronavirus cases out of a total of 388 reported across the state. The total number of positive cases in the state reached 7,013 on Thursday, a senior health official quoted by PTI …
Read More »In one week, Gujarat sends home more than 70,000 migrant workers stranded on 65 special Shramik trains
[ad_1] Migrant workers, who were stranded in Gujarat due to the closure, fill bottles with drinking water from a container as they wait to board a train that will take them to their home state of Bihar. (Reuters) The railways started special migrant trains on May 1 after the central …
Read More »UP government relaxes labor laws for 3 years to attract investors; Cong says workers’ rights are ‘taken away’
[ad_1] Image for representation. (PTI) A total of 38 labor laws have been temporarily relaxed for 1,000 days to boost the industrial and commercial sector as thousands of workers have returned to the state. News18 Lucknow Last update: May 7, 2020, 11:54 p.m. IST On Thursday, Uttar Pradesh announced the …
Read More »Sudden and total closure in Ahmedabad raises questions
[ad_1] Since Thursday, Ahmedabad and Surat have been subjected to a tighter blockade with the supply of vegetables and groceries being too closed for a week. The move was made after the city’s current Municipal Commissioner, Vijay Nehra, announced on Twitter that he was quarantining himself after contact with a …
Read More »At least 72 inmates in Mumbai’s crowded Arthur Road prison test positive for coronavirus, confirms Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh
[ad_1] As many as 72 inmates at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai have contracted coronaviruses and will be quarantined separately, Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Thursday. Previously, the state government had isolated eight jails in the state, including Arthur Road Prison, and ordered that new people not …
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