Rights: An alarming rise in COVID-19 cases and impositions of lockdowns of various degrees by state governments has prompted the Ministry of Labour and Employment to reactivate 20 control rooms to help migrant workers.
Officials from the Chief Labour Commissioner’s office will be in charge of the control centres in the different states.
“In view of the resurgence of COVID-19 and subsequent imposition of certain restrictions by state governments, the Ministry of Labour and Employment has rejuvenated the 20 control rooms set up in April 2020, to address wage-related grievances of workers, and to mitigate the problems of migrant workers,” read a statement by the ministry.
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