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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID pushed men into informal labour, women out of workforce: study -Priscilla Jebaraj

COVID pushed men into informal labour, women out of workforce: study -Priscilla Jebaraj

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published Published on Jun 14, 2021   modified Modified on Jun 16, 2021

-The Hindu

Remigration of young, trained workers Bihar, Jharkhand workers at minimal levels

A survey of young, semi-skilled migrants from rural Bihar and Jharkhand in April 2021 has found that last year’s lockdown led to an informalisation of labour among men, while most of the women simply dropped out of the work force altogether.

It also found that the number of out-of-State migrants halved between March 2020 and 2021, with no net effect of re-migration post lockdown. This meant the majority of these young workers were stuck in their home districts when the second wave of COVID-19 struck rural areas, and have poor chances of regaining formal, salaried work without policy interventions, according to researchers from the Abdul Lateef Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the University of Warwick.

Trained workforce

The survey tracked more than 2,200 young people, who were trained under the Centre’s Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in 2019, over five rounds. The youth were from families below the poverty line, but all had some high school education, with half having completed Class 12. A third were from Jharkhand, and the remainder from Bihar.

More than half of those surveyed were women, and more than 60% were from Scheduled Tribes or Castes. They received training for semi-skilled jobs, and the majority of those placed were in the apparel or garment-making sector, earning a salary of about 7,000 to 10,000 per month.

In early 2020, 40% of them had salaried jobs, and 32% were working out of the home State.

However, when the lockdown hit, jobs were lost and workers forced back home. By June-July 2020, only 17% of the trainees were still out of State, while almost 80% were back in their home districts. In March-April 2021, the number of out of State migrants was still lower — only 16% — showing low levels of re-migration.

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The Hindu, 14 June, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-pushed-men-into-informal-labour-women-out-of-workforce-study/article34816203.ece


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