NEW DELHI : The government has not talked about charging anything from migrant labourers as 85% of the transportation cost is borne by the railways and 15% by state governments, the Centre said on Monday amid a row over the national transporter allegedly charging the workers for ferrying them home during the covid-19-induced lockdown.
The government also said the process of transporting the stranded migrant labourers was being coordinated by states “except for one or two states".
Asked if the migrant labourers were being charged for being ferried home, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said that as far as migrant labourers are concerned, the guidelines have clearly stated that under the infectious disease management one