COVID- 19 AND THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE MIGRANT WORKERS IN INDIA

COVID-19 Pandemic has affected the global economy. The government of India is only concerned with saving the lives of people while no emphasis is being laid on the distorted situation of corers of Migrant workers who are stranded in different states of their work due to the loss of their employment since the lock- down was declared in haste, leading toshut- down of almost all the productive sectors which gave these migrant workers employment. Hence, turning out to be one of the darkest periods in the history of mankind. With Zero productive activity it proved difficult for the employers of the migrant workers to provide them livelihood in one hand and on the other hand the inability to earn the minimum wage for survival and shut - down of all the public transport the migrants were left with nothing to do and no-where to go lading to mouth widening Chaos in the entire nation. In this paper a descriptive study is done on what challenges the migrant workers of India are facing due to the pandemic in nation and how can we counteract these challenges. The study on migrants is based on secondary data taken from census of India, 2011.