Political scientist Ashwani Kumar, whose forthcoming co-edited book titled Migration and Mobility is to be out soon, speaks on migration, inter-State workers and amendment to the Inter-State Migrant Workers Act, 1979. The migration studies also confirm that the migrant labourers are the most exploited and also disenfranchised invisible citizens of contemporary India. Women migrants are less represented in regular jobs and more likely to be self-employed than non-migrant women. The most urgent revision is to introduce a National Migrant Workers Commission at the Central level backed up by State level Migrant Workers Commissions. And it needs to be implemented by the Secretary of the Migrant Workers Commission.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2020 16:52 UTC