Jharkhand will enter into agreements with nine states for the welfare of migrant workers.
Jharkhand has a significant percentage of laborers moving out of the state for work and will enter into an agreement for the welfare of these migrant workers.
On November 3, the Hemant Soren-led cabinet approved the decision of the state labor department in Ranchi.
Under the agreement, the respective states will have to take care of the safety and welfare of migrant workers from Jharkhand in their respective states.
The agreement will be signed with states or union territories including Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala.
The department has selected the states on the basis of the number of migrant workers from Jharkhand.
Previously, a similar agreement was signed between Odisha and old Andhra Pradesh and was the first instance in the country.
The labour departments of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh (before bifurcation into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) had entered into an agreement in 2011–12 for migrant labourers from Odisha working in brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh.
