Several state governments are totally clueless about the number and whereabouts of their own people who have migrated to other states in search of livelyhood. Read more »
The activists and the media highlight the economic crisis faced by the stranded labourers, but ignore their emotional need to go home. Read more »
It is important for the country to have a nationwide open database of migrant workers to provide them a healthy and secure lifestyle. Read more »
Industries will lean on technology to overcome labour shortage; overcrowded villages will revive age-old economic and social ties for survival. Read more »
The Centre and the state failed to reassure the workers and stop the exodus despite having a corpus in excess of Rs 2,000 crore. Read more »