The Covid-induced nationwide lockdowns in 2020 made India sit up and take notice of its domestic migrants as they started walking back home in what was possibly the greatest displacement of Indians since the Partition. As Covid cases abate and vaccines are rolled out, the focus now shifts to how India can find policy solutions to the plight of its migrant workers. But this is also an opportunity for India to seriously evaluate its approach towards internal migration. Do we know enough about it? Is India gea
Every year, 400 million domestic migrants leave their homes. It took a pandemic for India to appreciate the quiet grit and contribution of the migrant worker in building the country. The inaugural edition highlighted the nature and scope of the issue and underscored why India must pay attention to its migrant workforce.
"Workers migrated using unorganised channels and landed in different cities and states, now they migrate using organised channels and they are exploited. The government has an important role to play in this.”