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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt's Short-term Measures Will Fail To Reduce Precarity Of Migrant Workers -Apoorva Gupta and Balwant Singh Mehta

Govt's Short-term Measures Will Fail To Reduce Precarity Of Migrant Workers -Apoorva Gupta and Balwant Singh Mehta

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published Published on May 27, 2020   modified Modified on Jun 7, 2020

-Outlook India

The short-term measures by the government to ensure the immediate safety, food and shelter for the migrants will fail to suffice in the long run as they do nothing to tackle the underlying causes that contribute to the systemic discrimination and deprivation of the migrants.

The spread of novel Coronavirus has created its own spectrum of distress and turmoil for individuals across social groups around the world, but more for those who exist at the margins of society. After the nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25, in the weeks that followed, chaos ensued with the migrant workers vying to return to their native villages. Many of them found themselves out of job and were left without any monetary resources which could help them sustain in the cities. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMEI) noted that since the lockdown the labour participation has been constantly declining (currently at 35.4%), while the unemployment rate showed volatility by varying between 21% and 26% in the month of April.

With the closing of state borders and suspension of public transport, many of them desperately embarked on a journey back home. While some thronged to the bus stops, others resorted to setting out for hundreds of kilometres on foot. This suffering has further been compounded by harassment and violence at the hands of the state machinery. Data from World Bank’s ‘Covid-19: Crisis Through a Migrant Lens’ highlights that over 40 million internal migrants have been impacted in India.

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Outlook India, 27 May, 2020, https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-govts-short-term-measures-will-fail-to-reduce-precarity-of-migrant-workers/353624


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