Why do migrants throng Delhi and Mumbai for work?
5 years, 5 months ago

Why do migrants throng Delhi and Mumbai for work?

Live Mint  

Beyond improved finances and upward mobility, the base expectation of a migrant worker is full-time work. Census 2011 data shows that only 63% of internal migrants who wanted to work were full-time workers. Among the larger states, the share of workers who found full-time work ranged from 70% to 80% in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, undivided Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. In 204 districts, or nearly one-third of the districts in India, full-time work was available to only 50% of migrants who wanted to work. In only 20 districts over 85% of women seeking work secured full-time employment.

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India’s cities, expanding hubs of precarious employment
2 months, 1 week ago

India’s cities, expanding hubs of precarious employment

The Hindu  

Abhishek is just 25 years old. Precarious nature of work in urban India In recent decades, there have been fundamental shifts in India’s urban workforce and city development. Moreover, 92% of the 61 million jobs created after the economic liberalisation of 1991 were informal, indicating the precarious state of employment in India’s labour market. Structural imbalances favour organisations that control …

A snapshot of migration in India: Who moves, why and where
4 months, 3 weeks ago

A snapshot of migration in India: Who moves, why and where

The Hindu  

The Multiple Indicator Survey of the National Sample Survey Office’s 78th Round, conducted in 2020-21, offers a detailed look at the reasons for intra and inter-State migration across India, and the problems faced by migrants. Click to remove AMP mode Maharashtra hosted the highest share of external migrants, followed by Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. to Maharashtra formed the largest …

Indians prefer job guarantee over everything else. This is the top reason
3 years, 6 months ago

Indians prefer job guarantee over everything else. This is the top reason

Live Mint  

A majority of urban Indians left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic want the government to guarantee them jobs like it does for people in rural areas, says a study by the London School of Economics. An overwhelming 82% of respondents surveyed for the report ‘City of dreams no more, a year on: worklessness and active labour market policies in urban …

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown

India Today  

As India witnesses a resurgence in Covid 19 cases, it is the migrant workers who are staring at an uncertain future with several states announcing night curfews and weekend lockdowns. In Delhi, many migrant workers were seen leaving for their home states from the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal. Besides Delhi, many migrant labourers in Mumbai were Several states including Maharashtra, …

Cities begin to see an exodus of migrant workers
3 years, 9 months ago

Cities begin to see an exodus of migrant workers

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Hundreds of migrant workers are fleeing Indian cities as new restrictions in some states to contain the pandemic have stoked fears that they will be left jobless again. While the reverse migration from cities and industrial centres is still a trickle, companies fear another mass exodus, like the one last year, will trigger a shortage of workers …

Lack of jobs force migrant labourers to return to cities they left in March
4 years, 4 months ago

Lack of jobs force migrant labourers to return to cities they left in March

The Hindu  

The Anand Vihar bus terminal — where thousands of migrant workers had assembled four months back in a desperate bid to return to their home towns after a nationwide lockdown was announced — is again abuzz with labourers, but this time they are desperate to return to the city. With the lockdown virtually shutting down the economy, labourers said they …

Migrant workers: The emergence of invisible India
4 years, 7 months ago

Migrant workers: The emergence of invisible India

Hindustan Times  

We are living in challenging times brought on by the coronavirus diseases. A country of over 1.3 billion people was locked down, at four hours’ notice, ignoring the needs of the poorest and migrant workers. Workers with an identity document from another state should be allowed to access all government schemes and facilities of the central government or of the …

The echo of migrant footfalls and the silence on policy
4 years, 7 months ago

The echo of migrant footfalls and the silence on policy

The Hindu  

When we hear the word migration, we think of Kerala and West Asia, or the United States and the West. Migrant workers | Video of baby with dead mother in Bihar railway station goes viral According to World Bank economist, Supriyo De, “The number of internal migrants in India was 450 million as per the most recent 2011 Census. Migrant …

For India’s slum dwellers, social distancing will be impossible during Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

For India’s slum dwellers, social distancing will be impossible during Covid-19 lockdown

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — For two days, Jeetender Mahender, a 36-year-old Dalit sanitation worker, has not dared to leave his family’s shanty in the Valmiki slum of northern Mumbai, India, except to go to the toilet. Indian migrant workers wait to board buses to return to their home villages as a nationwide lockdown continues on March 28, 2020, on the …

Data | Who are the most vulnerable to the lockdown among urban dwellers
4 years, 9 months ago

Data | Who are the most vulnerable to the lockdown among urban dwellers

The Hindu  

The COVID-19-related lockdown may have an immediate impact on close to 2.5 crore people in vulnerable jobs across India, an estimate from the latest Period Labour Force Survey suggests. Workers without any benefits image/svg+xml Workers % share Total workers Not eligible for paid leave 52.8 94,25,207 With no security benefit* 47.7 85,14,817 With no written contract 72.4 1,29,23,958 *PF/ pension, …

Where migrants move in search of livelihood in India
5 years, 5 months ago

Where migrants move in search of livelihood in India

Live Mint  

Census 2011 says 45 million Indians moved outside their district of birth for work opportunities—be it employment or business. In terms of inflows, there are only 57 districts across India where more than 20% of migrants moved for work reasons. In terms of outflows, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar accounted for 47% of all migrants moving for work reasons. As with …

The geography of employment in 21st century India
6 years, 1 month ago

The geography of employment in 21st century India

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Where do Indians find regular jobs easily? A Mint analysis of the disaggregated census jobs data released earlier this year shows a striking divergence in the availability of regular non-farm jobs across the country. Districts with a relatively high share of regular jobs were clustered in the extreme south, and in a narrow strip extending along the western …

Are Indians moving more freely within the country?
6 years, 5 months ago

Are Indians moving more freely within the country?

Hindustan Times  

The long-awaited data on internal migration from Census 2011 are now trickling into the public domain in instalments. The corresponding figure for urban migrants, according to Census 2001 data, stands at 25% of the total migrants. Dismissing the postulate that the geographical, linguistic and other social divisions is constraining the movement of Indians across states, the Survey presents evidence — …

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