IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON MIGRANT WORKFORCE IN INDIA

Migrants constitute a large portion of the world’s population. Thousands and millions of migrant workers are anticipated to be left unemployed due to the lockdown and economic crisis prevailing in the country. The fear of recession is quite evidently seen among the people in India. Many of the migrant workers have returned back to their respective villages and the risk of unemployment is higher among the unorganized, marginalized and contractual based workers. The country wide outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic has subsequently increased recession in India. Thus there is a need to implement national migration policies, which should accommodate the assistance and protection of migrants, also there needs to be an installation of resilient food system that could reduce food insecurity and the pressure of returning to their origin. Thus the research paper focuses on how the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely impacted the migrant workforce within India