Free cell phones to lure Bihari workers

Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 03, 2008, 0:59 IST

Agriculturists in Punjab seem to be struggling this season to hire migrant farm workers from Bihar and are believed to be using novel ways, like offering free cell phones, to lure them.

Publication Date: 
03/10/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Migration, Workers, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Ministry Of Rural Development