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The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed both the crucial role played by migrant workers in maintaining material production across sectors, and the extreme vulnerabilities of their lives and living conditions.
A recent field note, titled "Harvesting misery," prepared by Gaurav Bansal and Soham Bhattacharya, was published in the May 22, 2020, issue of the Frontline magazine.
There is an emerging consensus among various policy makers, progressive movements and academics regarding the efficacy of MGNREGS in dealing with the unprecedented unemployment crisis that followed the unplanned Covid-19 lockdown.
The Foundation for Agrarian Studies conducted a Rapid Assessment Survey to study the impact of Covid-19 on rural India.
The Covid-19 pandemic has, in real life, made the world recognise and appreciate the value of migrant labour. After the lockdown began, the mobility of migrant workers has been severely restricted and large numbers of migrant workers have returned home.
As India moves from regulations and controls to a total lockdown, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy is becoming ever more acute. The Indian economy, which was already facing a sharp downturn by the end of 2019, will surely record an extraordinarily poor growth rate for the months of March, April, and May 2020.