India's migrant crisis is becoming increasingly complex

India's migrant crisis is becoming increasingly complex.

 

Even as the country gradually loosens restrictions, allowing factories to resume, millions of workers are desperate to go home. They are riding on trucks, riding bicycles and, if all else fails, they just leave on foot.

 

The reasons for this concern are: lack of clarity on how to resume work, rapid depletion of cash reserves, the possibility of working as agricultural labor after the monsoon and as PM Modi said, "Human nature "Wish home, especially in times of adversity.

 

Migrant wage earners - who make their professions as construction laborers, factory workers and auto drivers, among countless occupations - power India's industrial engines. Economic reform will remain but a dream if not all hands are on deck.

 

How have states responded? UP, MP and Gujarat have rewritten labor laws, raised the cap on daily, weekly, and overtime hours, and made it easier for companies to hire and withdraw workers. There is also talk of allowing factories to cut wages and take action against workers who do not report once after the lockout.

 

Can these steps help in starting the economy while ensuring the welfare of #Migrants? How is your industry coping with labor shortages? #Labors #Kovid19