COVID 19 –LOCKDOWN: REVERSE MIGRATION AND RELOCATION IN INDIA – AN OVERVIEW

Migration is inevitable due to various socio-economic reasons in India. But, as soon as the lockdown announced due to this pandemic covid – 19 created serious havoc in the minds of migrant workers. Exodus migrants decided to reverse migration. This leads to several issues and they received some pains and some lost their life also while moving back to native place by walk. Government took several measures to relocate and help them. The objective of the study are: To study the concept of migration and the factors influencing migration; 2) to know the history’s worst pandemic and about COVID-19; 3) to identify the factors which are responsible for reverse migration; 4) to understand the reverse migration’s impact in the study area; 5) to study the Relocation measures taken by the government to help the reverse migrants; 6) to give suggestions to improve the status of reverse migrated workers. The reverse migrants got several reasons to move back. sudden loosing of job is foremost reason and followed by other reasons.  They got dilemma before going back and they satisfied with several travel back measures provided by the Government of India. Government of India took several measures to help them while relocation. Again, Government of India should collect the full data regarding all the domestic migrant workers, especially the women migrants and pregnant women and the mothers and store it. Before announcing the Lockdown again, it is helpful in speeding up the relocation, PDS and reaching economic doles to the affected migrants. Preference must be given to women migrants, pregnant women and the mothers. Their reverse migration affected not so seriously the local economic development in the study area. Any how it affected to certain extent. But labour cost was increased to certain extent and the profit margin was reduced. The government should take several measures to upkeep the skill levels of the local labours. The skillset is to be improved by providing several trainings in the study area.

 

Keywords: covid – 19, Pandemic, Lockdown, WHO, Global Health Emergency.


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