The Lockdown Made the Migrant Population Visible, but More Needs To Be Done
Data showed that the magnitude of interstate migration in India was close to nine million between 2011 and 2016. Other estimates of number of migrants in the workforce is around 100 million.
A migrant labourer with his family walks along a road to reach Sarai Kale Khan for travelling back to his native place Madhya Pradesh, during the ongoing lockdown, at Anand Vihar in New Delhi, May 13, 2020. Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist
Rights09/Mar/2021
It has taken a pandemic, a lockdown and a mass reverse migration to shine the light on a vast segment of the countryâs migrant population, who are on the move constantly; helping our cities and industries grow with their labour. Yet, so faceless are