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Tamil Migrants and their Linguistic Rights in Kerala
Get PDFOf all the States evaluated, Kerala has taken more effective measures towardsinternal migrants and their needs than other States. According to the 2019Interstate Migration Policy Index and Index compiled by Indian Migration(Aggarwal et al., 2019), Kerala is ranked first out of seven for migrant friendlypolicies. This article details Tamil minorities in Kerala, including asignificant number of migrants who came here as labourers, plantationworkers and traders. The article is not about Tamil migrants’ commonproblems or challenges in different spheres but about the rights they sharein public with the dominant majority, based on their language. Since theyare also included in the category of minority Tamils, and are eligible for allthe language rights granted by the government in accordance with thosegranted by national and international instruments, this article argues thatimmigrants have rights as a minority according to international legal frameframeworks. Therefore, in consonance with their international obligations,States are expected to enact policies that safeguard their rights and thuspromote their integration into the host societ
Transformation of ‘Migrant Labourers’ to ‘Guest Workers’ in Kerala: A Situational Analysis with Special Reference to the Kanjikode Iron Industries
Get PDFThe inflow of migrant labourers from Bihar to Kerala has been increasingday-by-day, especially to the construction fields across the State. TheKanjikode iron industrial area in the Palakkad district in Kerala is one ofthese sought after areas where migrant labourers build their lives. Migrantlabourers from Bihar are one of the significant labour groups in the Kanjikodeiron industries. A situational analysis of migrant labourers from Bihar withspecific reference to the Kanjikode iron industries was done in 2008
Extending Social Security to Gratuitous Passengers and Hit-and-run Victims in India
Get PDFRoad transport in India accounts for the greatest share of passenger andfreight traffic, therefore the rising number of road accidents draws theattention of policy scholars towards enlarging the concept of social security,leaving no one behind. Since a large majority of the Indian populationworks in the informal economy, they remain outside the social securitycoverage. In addition, the third-party insurance policy for motor vehiclesholds the government unaccountable to the victims of road accidents.Insurance companies also are non-liable to victims of hit-and-run driversand pillion riding. This paper discusses the importance of extending socialsecurity to gratuitous passengers and hit-and-run victims in the light of thefindings drawn from an illustrative case study that reviewed documentsabout social security, road accidents, motor vehicle insurance and victimcompensations in India
The Impact of Covid-19 on the Print Media: A Kerala Perspective
Get PDFThe print media has played a significant role in Indian history. During theearly decades of the 19th century newspapers began to circulate in Kerala.The State is best known for its literacy, healthcare, and socio-economicdevelopment. Nearly 60 per cent of the population reads newspapers everyday (Indian Readership Survey, 2019). News consumption in Kerala is highcompared to other States because of political consciousness, demography,literacy rate and standard of living of the people. The print media hasbeen playing a vital role in newsgathering and reporting across the countryduring the Covid-19 pandemi
