17-year old Akshat Mittal launches Bharat Shramik to get unemployed migrants back to workBharat Shramik plans to plot a new skill map of India, where the number of unemployed migrant workers with their skills can be mapped to di...
01 Jul, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
100th Shramik special train leaves Pune carrying 682 migrantsSo far 1.25 lakh passengers, mostly migrantworkers, have been ferried in Shramik special trains from Pune to different states, including Ma...
24 Jun, 2020, 05.11 PM IST
7 states demand 63 Shramik Special trains from Railways; 32 to depart from Kerala, 23 to head to West BengalApart from Kerala, Tamil Nadu demanded 10 Shramik Special trains, followed by Jammu and Kashmir (9), Karnataka (6), Andhra Pradesh (3), Wes...
12 Jun, 2020, 03.53 PM IST
Provide residual demand for Shramik trains for movement of migrants by June 10: Railways to states"In this context, you may please advise the comprehensive residual demand for Shramik Special Trains for the movement of stranded workers f...
09 Jun, 2020, 06.57 PM IST
Sharmik Trains demand falling: Railway Board ChairmanIndian Railways had started to operate the Shramik Special trains from May 1 to transport the stranded migrant workers, students, pilgrims ...
06 Jun, 2020, 10.58 PM IST
256 Shramik trains cancelled by states; Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, UP top defaulters: RailwaysMaharashtra cancelled 105 trains, Gujarat 47, Karnataka 38 and Uttar Pradesh 30 trains, the data showed.
03 Jun, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal asks zones to ensure punctuality of Shramik Special trainsIn the order issued to the general managers of its zones, the board said punctuality needs to be enforced in the operations of these trains.
01 Jun, 2020, 07.11 PM IST
Indian Railways to operate 2,600 Shramik Special trains in next 10 days to ferry 36 lakh homeOn fares, Chairman of the Railway Board V K Yadav said the railways was charging pre-lockdown normal fares only. He reiterated that 85 per ...
23 May, 2020, 07.23 PM IST
Indian Railways to operate 2,600 ‘Shramik’ Specials in next 10 days, 36 lakh migrants estimated to travelThe government announced operation of Shramik special trains meant for transporting stranded migrants back to their home states, May 1 onwa...
23 May, 2020, 05.25 PM IST
Railways ready to run Shramik trains from all districts connected by train network: Piyush Goyal“To provide relief to migrant labour, Indian Railways is ready to run "Shramik Special" trains from any District in the Country,” Railway m...
16 May, 2020, 10.45 PM IST
800 'Shramik Special' trains run so far, 10 lakh migrants ferried home: Railways"As on May 14, 2020, a total of 800 'Shramik Special' trains have been operationalised from various states across the country. More than 10...
14 May, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
Railways allows more passengers on Board 'Shramik' Specials“The train capacity should be equal to the number of sleeper berths on the train,” the revised guidelines for running these trains, issued ...
11 May, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
Home Secretary asks States to cooperate with Railways in running more 'Shramik' SpecialsHome Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to chief secretaries of all states and union territories, to cooperate with the Indian Railways to e...
11 May, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
21 Shramik Special trains reach Northeast areas, 8 more to arrive soonSix more such Shramik Special trains are planned to reach various stations of Bihar within NFR area in the coming 2-3 days. Another two tra...
10 May, 2020, 08.43 PM IST
Gas leak disrupts train services, at least nine Shramik Specials affectedPassenger train services are suspended in the country due to the ongoing lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. But the railways has bee...
07 May, 2020, 03.44 PM IST
Indian Railways announces 6 'Shramik Special' trains to ferry stranded migrant workers, studentsThe railways has already run the first such train with 1,200 passengers from Hyderabad to Jharkhand at 4:50 am on Friday. The railways anno...
02 May, 2020, 12.26 PM IST
West Bengal state labour department takes initiative to organise state-wide Shramik MelaBesides providing different benefits to workers of organised sectors, the state labour department is targeting to provide Samajik Mukti Car...
18 Jan, 2017, 02.13 PM IST