Five States account for 67% migrant workers who returned home during the lockdown
February 11, 2021
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Most of the workers have returned to their workplace and resumed productive employment,Labour Ministry data show
Out of 1.23 crore migrant workers who returned to their home States during the Covid–19 lockdown, 50 per cent ( 61,34,943) were from three States — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
Add Rajasthan and Odisha’s workers to the list and these five States together recorded 67 per cent migrant workers returning home. Interestingly Gujarat is the only State which has not reported return of any migrant worker. The Ministry of Labour and Employment told the Lok Sabha on Monday that most of these migrant workers have returned to their workplaces and resumed productive employment.