'PROVIDE PDS RATION TO MIGRANT WORKERS AT WORKSITES'

[Migrant Labour - Related News]

The Migration Information and Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar, has urged the State Government to supply food grain under the PDS scheme to migrant workers at worksites within the State. In a petition submitted to the Labour and Employment department, the petition, citing the 2001 Census report, said that there are 10 .8 millions migrants in Odisha. Eighty per cent of intra-State migrants belong to weaker section and are eligible beneficiary of Government entitlements, but they don't get basic entitlements and services, pointed out the memorandum.