Thousands of contract workers are employed by different contractors from various parts of the country, in the two bases of the Indian Navy under the Southern Naval Command, in Kochi and Kannur in Kerala. These contract workers are denied the statutory minimum wages. They have no job security and no social security measures. According to a notification issued by the Union government, they are eligible for wages of Rs 617 per day, which is supposed to be revised every six months. However, workers employed by several contract companies have complained that they are not being paid these wages.
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Fisherfolk in Kerala oppose attacks on their livelihood
For the past several months, fisherfolk in Kerala have been opposing the construction of the port at Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram, being built by Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd, one of the biggest corporate houses of India, headed by Gautam Adani.
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