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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jswm.0975.0231.13121.2

Abstract

The world today has been severely affected by the covid-19 pandemic and India is no exception. Amid this crisis, the most affected have been the labor class. The internal migrant workers in India, despite being highly vulnerable in terms of physical and mental health, have remained the backbone of the Indian economy2. In this paper, the impact of Covid-19 on migrant workers, the struggles faced by them, and how ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ has helped the workers to fight with the situation. This article also depicts the views of different authors on the pandemic and also shows some statistics of the proposed scheme ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ to get a clear picture of its functionality and its impact in various states of India. Apart from depicting the views of different authors, some interpretations of their views and proposed solutions.

Keywords : Covid-19; Migrant labourers; GKRA; Livelihood.

Corresponding Author : J Balamurugan, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.