Question

Laws for the welfare of babourers:
A timeline
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chart in your project book.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Through the public health crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are witness to another massive tragedy — of workers being abandoned by their employers and, above all, by the state.

No provisions were made for their food, shelter, or medical relief.

Wage payments were not ensured, and the state’s cash and food relief did not cover most workers.

Staring at starvation, lakhs of workers started walking back home.Many died on the way.

Immediately employer organisations lobbied to prevent the workers from leaving.

Employers now want labour laws to be relaxed.