Ranchi | Updated: May 24, 2020 11:47 IST Hoarding outside Hatia railway station welcoming migrants. Rakesh Verma and Suresh Yadav had left their homes in Jharkhand for jobs in metro cities and were in no hurry to return. Verma, 22, had a data entry job at a Delhi hotel, while Yadav, 48, worked in a dye factory in Mumbai. Both managed to Yadav hitched rides on trucks to his home in Giridih and Verma came to his Palamu home aboard a Shramik train.
“I don’t have much savings, so can’t start a new business. I will certainly not dig ponds under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act),” said Verma who left Jharkhand two years ago after graduating in Chemistry. “If I have to, I might start a candle business. Only because the initial investment is less,” he said. Poultry business too has crossed his mind: “It requires a large place, which I don’t have…I have to do something.
I will have to stay here for at least four-five months,” He believes that it will take a few years before Jharkhand can give him a stable income. “It will take time for Jharkhand to change.” On a weekday, Suresh Yadav is busy sorting out a land dispute. He said there was a minor problem, but the piece of land is crucial for his survival. Yadav said, “Only two-three bigha land is available where we grow rice and vegetables.” 68 murdered in Maliana, all accused acquitted 36 years later, residents ask: So who killed our families?
MGNREGA can be a lifeline but Yadav, who did not study after Class X, is reluctant— he does not have a job card, and the wages are very low. “In Mumbai I used to earn In appeal, Rahul says was mistreated, sentenced to attract embroiderer, welder, among others. One thread connects them — demand for something beyond MGNREGA. Till Friday, more than 3 lakh such migrants labourers have arrived in Jharkhand.
Many more are expected to return. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren recently requested the Centre to increase by 50 per cent the current wage and man-days under MGNREGA, which guarantees Anticipating the crisis, the state government has launched three schemes under MGNREGA, the main being an afforestation scheme. Around two lakh acres of land will be used for plantation by five lakh families with 100 fruit plants for every family—its plantation, maintenance, land work to be taken up through MGNREGA.
Hyderabad. He reached home on May 1. He is upset that the mukhiya is not Dharmendra says he and his family 'never got their due': 'We don't need the industry to acknowledge us' proactive in reaching out to people with MGNREGA work. “very late”. Rights body Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha suggested that under UAE astronaut’s son asks him what he likes most on earth during video call from space.
His answer melts MGNREGA, weekly cash payments should be made and dry food should be provided daily at the worksite. A 34-year-old cab driver from Surat arrived in Garhwa in the second week of May and is at a quarantine centre after testing positive for Covid-19. “Now if the government tells me to dig pits under MGNREGA, it won’t be possible for me… Give me something more to stay.”
The government is mapping the skills of labourers returning to their home state at Man’s witty tweet on Zepto job application goes viral, co-founder reaches out to him Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh said: “We are building an app where the skilled labourers are mapped and we ask the local industries to absorb the talent pool.” woman at Goa teacher who urged students to vote Rahul; Cong says Verma and Yadav are hopeful.
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