who are the most vulnerable sections of the society during covid 19
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COVID-19, a “once-in-a-century pandemic”, has thrown into stark relief the intersectional invisible sections of Indian society.
The migrant community, the urban homeless, residents of informal settlements, workers who deal with biomedical waste and landless agricultural labourers are among these sections. The lockdown has intersected with their pre-existing disadvantages, bringing to the fore inequalities, discrimination and anxieties.
Despite the best efforts by the government, given the present uncertain circumstances, it is inevitable that in a diverse country like India, social vulnerabilities and inequalities are bound to erupt alongside the pandemic.
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The lockdown has worsened the disadvantages already faced by migrant workers, the urban homeless and such sections
COVID-19, a “once-in-a-century pandemic”, has thrown into stark relief the intersectional invisible sections of Indian society.
The migrant community, the urban homeless, residents of informal settlements, workers who deal with biomedical waste and landless agricultural labourers are among these sections. The lockdown has intersected with their pre-existing disadvantages, bringing to the fore inequalities, discrimination and anxieties.
Despite the best efforts by the government, given the present uncertain circumstances, it is inevitable that in a diverse country like India, social vulnerabilities and inequalities are bound to erupt alongside the pandemic.
The Economic Survey of India, 2017 estimates nearly 139 million migrants in India, all excluded from urban planning. When it comes to inclusion of the marginalised in broader terms in urban planning policies, the migrant community, including seasonal migrants, are ignored, thereby forcing them to intersectional invisibility. In planning parlance, the urban marginalised means only the marginalised among the permanent residents, not the migrants.
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