effect of mass movement of migrant workers
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These sections have had the immediate loss of earnings due to the Covid-19-related lockdown measures. The numbers are likely to rise, unless governments take immediate decisive steps. Many such workers may not even have Jan Dhan accounts. And even if they do, such accounts may be in their villages and they are not immediately able to access the money. As these workers — many with their families — walk home, they will traverse many villages.
Their ability to survive such long arduous journeys is itself a challenge. They also pose a health risk to themselves and to others along the way, especially those travelling from urban ‘hot spot’ Covid-19 clusters.
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The media has been full of stories and images of tens and thousands of migrant workers trying to trudge back from urban centres to their homes in villages and smaller towns. The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and other independent studies indicate that the percentage of causal and self-employed workers in urban areas is over 60% of the workforce.
These sections have had the immediate loss of earnings due to the Covid-19-related lockdown measures. The numbers are likely to rise, unless governments take immediate decisive steps. Many such workers may not even have Jan Dhan accounts. And even if they do, such accounts may be in their villages and they are not immediately able to access the money. As these workers — many with their families — walk home, they will traverse many villages.