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Almost 50% informal workers didn’t receive full wages in the second wave lockdowns, finds a survey

-GaonConnection.com

Over 47 per cent of the workers have not received their full wages after COVID restrictions were announced in several states of India. Nearly 60 per cent had only two days of ration left, shows a survey of 8,000 workers across the country.

After COVID19 induced lockdowns and restrictions were imposed this year, nearly half (47 per cent) of the interviewed workers did not receive their full wages or were paid only partial wages. Wages apart, 57 per cent of the respondents had less than two days of rations left when they were interviewed.

These are findings of a recent survey conducted by Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN), a voluntary effort to mobilise relief for stranded migrant workers.

As part of this exercise, around 8,000 workers across the country were interviewed during April and May this year. At least 4,800 women and children were a part of the worker’s larger group or family. The survey report titled ‘No Country for Workers’ published today June 16 highlighted hardships experienced by migrant and informal workers during the second wave of the pandemic.

The report notes that of the 47 per cent respondent workers who did not receive their wages, almost 34 per cent have not been paid their pending wages, while 13 per cent received partial wages.

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