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This 2008 law could have given migrants safety net for lockdown, but was never implemented -Bhadra Sinha

-ThePrint.in

Officials claim the Unorganised Sector Workers’ Social Security Act had some flaws that hampered its implementation, but experts say successive govts slept on it.

New Delhi: The thousands of migrant labourers facing a crisis amid the Covid-19 lockdown would have had a safety net if a 2008 law providing social protection to unorganised workers had been implemented. But successive governments have failed to do so.

The current database with the government shows 28 lakh migrants were in relief camps opened by state governments. These migrants were made to furnish their Aadhaar and bank account details. However, officials have said seven to eight crore migrants either continue to reside within the industries they were working in, or have travelled back to their homes. The government has no details about these workers.

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