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The Government of India launched the Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) initiative to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on shramik (migrant) workers in India. [1] It is a rural public works scheme which was launched on 20 June 2020 with an initial funding of ₹ 50,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 590 billion or US$7.1 billion in 2023).
The government of India launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan initiative to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in India. It is a rural public works scheme which was launched on 20 June 2020 with an initial funding of ₹ 50,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 590 billion or US$7.1 billion in 2023) for 116 districts in 6 states.
Currently, there are around 8,000 to 11,684 Afghan refugees in India, most of whom are Muslims and Sikhs. [37] [38] The Indian government has allowed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in India to operate a programme for them. [39] In 2015, the Indian government granted citizenship to 4,300 Hindu and Sikh refugees.
The Bureau of Immigration (BoI) is an Indian government agency, working under the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible for administering immigration related functions such as immigration facilitation service at Sea-ports, Integrated Check Posts and Airports and foreigner registration. The agency was established in 1971, and is headed by the ...
In Australia, Indian Australians and India were the largest source of new permanent migrants to Australia in 2017–2018, [233] and Indians were the most educated migrant group in Australia with 54.6% of Indian migrants in Australia holding a bachelor's or higher educational degree, which is more than three times Australia's national average of ...
The Government of India confirmed India's first case of COVID-19 on 30 January 2020 in the state of Kerala, when a university student from Wuhan travelled back to the state. [24] As the number of confirmed COVID-19 -positive cases approached 500, Modi on 19 March, asked all citizens to observe the 'Janata Curfew' (people's curfew) on Sunday, 22 ...
Illegal immigration to India. An illegal immigrant in India is a foreigner who has entered India either without valid documents or who initially had a valid document, but has overstayed beyond the permitted time, as per the general provisions of the Citizenship Act as amended in 2003. Such persons are not eligible for citizenship by ...
The city has rented out several hotels to support the some 42,000 migrants who've arrived since the beginning of 2023. Now, the hotels are shuttered or winding down as the number of new migrants ...