Question : Repetition of Migrant Crisis

(a)whether the Government has thought out any strategy to avoid the repetition of the migrant crisis the nation witnessed in the beginning of the lockdown;
(b)whether there is any proposal for registration of migrants or the safety standards that could ensure that the crisis is not repeated; and
(c)the measures taken/to be taken by the Government in this regard, since there is a need to reduce stigmatisation of homecoming migrant workers and their families by special initiative by the Panchayat, self-help groups, NGOs?

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a): The migration related problems are sought to be addressed by a multi-pronged course of action through rural development, provision of improved infrastructural facilities, equitable dispersal of resources to remove regional disparities, employment generation, land reforms, increased literacy, financial assistance and various Government welfare and social security schemes.

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(b): Ministry of Labour & Employment is in the process of developing of a comprehensive National Data base of the Unorganised Workers (NDUW) to collect relevant information of unorganised workers including migrant workers and inter-alia help in delivery of various social security and welfare schemes being implemented for them. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare alongwith State Governments have already undertaken a massive vaccination drive and awareness campaign on covid-19 health protocol among the citizens to obviate the crisis in future.
(c): The global spread of the corona virus (COVID-19) followed by lockdowns has affected economies across the globe. Government has taken several steps to ensure that the country is well prepared to face the challenges and threats posed by Covid-19. The details of the remedial measures taken by the Government to provide assistance to the affected workers are enclosed at the Annexure. These measures and awareness campaigns have directly or indirectly ensured that there is no stigmatisation of home coming migrant workers.

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